Scollon / Jones Intercultural Communication

A Discourse Approach
3. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-14969-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Language in Society

This newly revised edition is both a lively introduction andpractical guide to the main concepts and challenges ofintercultural communication. Grounded in interactionalsociolinguistics and discourse analysis, this work integratestheoretical principles and methodological advice, presentingstudents, researchers, and practitioners with a comprehensive andunified resource.
* Features new original theory, expanded treatment ofgenerations, gender and corporate and professional discourse
* Offers improved organization and added features forstudent and classroom use, including advice on research projects,questions for discussion, and references at the end of eachchapter
* Extensively revised with newly added material on computermediated communication, sexuality and globalization

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scollon, Ron

Scollon, Suzanne Wong

Jones, Rodney H.

Über Autor(innen)

Ron Scollon (1939-2009) was a Professor ofLinguistics at Georgetown University. His publicationsinclude Professional Communication in InternationalSettings, co-authored with Yuling Pan and Suzanne Wong Scollon(Blackwell 2001), Discourses in Place: Language and theMaterial World co-authored with Suzie Wong Scollon (2003),and Nexus Analysis: Discourse and the EmergingInternet co-authored with Suzie Wong Scollon (2004).
Suzanne Wong Scollon is an independent researcher inthe North Pacific Rim. She has written extensively on interculturalcommunication, holding academic positions in North Americanuniversities as well as in Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong. Shealso acted as a consultant, along with Ron Scollon, with over fiftygovernmental and corporate organizations in North America, Asia,and Europe.
Rodney H. Jones is the Associate Head of the Departmentof English at City University of Hong Kong. He has published widelyin international journals and is co-editor of Discourse inAction: Introducing Mediated Discourse Analysis (with S. Norris2005), Advances in Discourse Studies (with V. K.Bhatia and J. Flowerdew 2007), and author of Noticing,Exploring and Practicing: Functional Grammar in the ESLClassroom (with G. Lock 2010), and Discourse Analysis:A Resource Book for Students (2012).