Common Ground in First Language and Intercultural Interaction

Common Ground in First Language and Intercultural Interaction

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  • Author: Istvan Kecskes
  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • ISBN: 3110766779
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 232

In recent years the traditional approach to common ground as a body of information shared between participants of a communicative process has been challenged. Taking into account not only L1 but also intercultural interactions and attempting to bring together the traditional view with the egocentrism-based view of cognitive psychologists, it has been argued that construction of common ground is a dynamic, emergent process. It is the convergence of the mental representation of shared knowledge that we activate, assumed mutual knowledge that we seek, and rapport as well as knowledge that we co-construct in the communicative process. This dynamic understanding of common ground has been applied in many research projects addressing both L1 and intercultural interactions in recent years. As a result several new elements, aspects and interpretations of common ground have been identified. Some researchers came to view common ground as one component in a complex contextual information structure. Others, analyzing intercultural interactions, pointed out the dynamism of the interplay of core common ground and emergent common ground. The book brings together researchers from different angles of pragmatics and communication to examine (i) what adjustments to the notion of common ground based on L1 communication should be made in the light of research in intercultural communication; (ii) what the relationship is between context, situation and common ground, and (iii) how relevant knowledge and content get selected for inclusion into core and emergent common ground.


Finding Cross-Cultural Common Ground

Finding Cross-Cultural Common Ground

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  • Author: Michael H. Prosser
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781937570255
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 514

Finding Cross Cultural Common Ground presents essays, travel logs, interviews, book reviews and personal stories, spanning diverse cultural backgrounds and intercultural experiences. This collection is recommended for every reader interested in understanding globalization from different perspectives. Michael H. Prosser, Ph.D., is a founder of the academic field of intercultural communication and Fellow of the International Academy for Intercultural Research. He has taught full-time at the University of Buffalo, Indiana University, the University of Virginia, University of Swaziland, Rochester Institute of Technology, Yangzhou University, Beijing Language and Culture University, Shanghai International Studies University, and Ocean University of China, and as a visiting faculty member at several other universities. Mansoureh Sharifzadeh (B.A. Damavand College, Tehran, Iran), has been an English language teacher at public and private pre-university centers of Tehran since 1978. She is a writer of English and Persian published articles and a frequent contributor to the www.michaelprosser.com blog. Translating books from English to Persian, she was awarded honors by President Seyyed Mohammed Khatami in 2004. Zhang Shengyong (M.A. Shanghai International Studies University) has taught in the Foreign Language Department of Dezhou University since 2004. He is a writer of English and Chinese published articles and a frequent contributor to the www.michaelprosser.com blog. In 2011, he published his first book with Ms. Xu Jun, Research on China's Global Image which has developed his deep interests in intercultural and international communication. He is the author of "The Perceptions of the USCC toward China and Its Influence on Sino-US Relations" (2010), and is coauthor with Michael H. Prosser of "G2 Languages: Chinese and English" (2010).


Common Ground

Common Ground

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  • Author: Florencia G. Henshaw
  • Publisher: Hackett Publishing
  • ISBN: 1647930073
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 212

“Common Ground is accessible to teachers at all levels yet firmly rooted in current questions of second language acquisition (SLA). One of its primary strengths is the authors themselves, both of whom are accomplished language teachers who understand the challenges and opportunities in communication-focused language teaching. Their experience, expertise, insight, and enthusiasm for language teaching translate into a book that is refreshingly practical for teachers, especially teachers who are striving to break from traditional drills commonly presented in textbooks. I hope this book finds its way into the hands of every language teacher who is looking for concrete examples of how SLA principles meet the realities of the classroom." —Stacey Margarita Johnson, Vanderbilt University


Intercultural Pragmatics

Intercultural Pragmatics

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  • Author: Istvan Kecskes
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0199892652
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 288

In Intercultural Pragmatics, the first book on the subject, Istvan Kecskes establishes the foundations of the field, boldly combining the pragmatic view of cooperation with the cognitive view of egocentrism in order to incorporate emerging features of communication.


A Pragmatic Agenda for Healthcare

A Pragmatic Agenda for Healthcare

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  • Author: Sarah Bigi
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
  • ISBN: 9027249377
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 405

This volume addresses the issue of pragmatic meaning and interpretation in communication contexts regarding health and does so by combining a series of diverse and complementary approaches, which together highlight the relevance of successfully shared understanding to achieve more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable healthcare systems. The volume is divided into five thematic sections: 1) Analytical approaches to health communication, 2) Intercultural and mediated communication, 3) Negotiation and meaning construction, 4) Expertise and common ground, 5) Uncertainty and evasive answers, bringing together a group of top scholars on the much-debated issue of shared understanding both at the micro-level of dialogues between professionals and patients, and the macro-level of institutional communication. In the variety of its contributions, it represents an ambitious attempt at setting pragmatics at the core of healthcare communication research and practice, by combining conceptual reflections on core topics in the field of pragmatics (among which are speech acts, common ground, ambiguity, implicitness), with discourse and linguistic analysis of real-world examples exploring various problems in health communication.


Intercultural Communication in Asia: Education, Language and Values

Intercultural Communication in Asia: Education, Language and Values

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  • Author: Andy Curtis
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 3319699954
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 280

This volume presents in-depth studies on leading themes in education policy and intercultural communication in contemporary Asia, covering empirical as well as theoretical approaches, and offering both an in-depth investigation of their implications, and a synthesis of areas where these topics cohere and point to advances in description, analysis and theory, policy and applications. The studies address key questions that are essential to the future of education in an Asia where intercultural communication is ever more important with the rise of the ASEAN Economic Community and other international initiatives. These questions include the properties of the increasing globalisation of communication and how it plays out in Asia, especially but not exclusively with reference to English, and how we can place intercultural communication in this context, as well as studies that highlight intercultural communication and its underlying value systems and ideologies in Asia.


The Socio-Cognitive Approach to Communication and Pragmatics

The Socio-Cognitive Approach to Communication and Pragmatics

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  • Author: Istvan Kecskes
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 3031301609
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 336

The book aims to serve as a theoretical framework for the socio-cognitive approach (SCA) that is an alternative to the two main lines of pragmatics research: linguistic-philosophical pragmatics and sociocultural-interactional pragmatics. SCA broadens the scope of the field with an intent to incorporate not only L1 communication but also intercultural communication, and communication in a second language. The author integrates the pragmatic view of cooperation and the cognitive view of egocentrism and emphasizes that both cooperation and egocentrism are manifested in all phases of communication, albeit to varying extents. SCA places equal importance on the social and cognitive individual factors in pragmatics. The author claims that while (social) cooperation is an intention-directed practice that is governed by relevance, (individual) egocentrism is an attention-oriented trait dominated by salience. The book serves as a theoretical guide for researchers and students who would like to understand how we need to change first language-based theories to make sense of what happens not only in L1 but also in intercultural and multi-lingual interactions.


The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication

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  • Author: Jane Jackson
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000056198
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 758

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication provides a comprehensive historical survey of language and intercultural communication studies with a critical assessment of past and present theory, research, and practice, as well as an insight into future directions. Drawing on the expertise of leading scholars from different parts of the world, this second edition offers updated chapters by returning authors and many new contributions on a broad range of topics, including reflexivity and criticality, translanguaging, and social justice in relation to intercultural communication.With an emphasis on contemporary, critical perspectives, this handbook showcases the varied range of issues, perspectives, and approaches that characterise this increasingly important field in today’s globalised world. Offering 34 chapters with examples from a variety of languages and international settings, this handbook is an indispensable resource for students and scholars working in the fields of intercultural communication, applied linguistics, TESOL/ TEFL, and communication studies.


Negotiating Intercultural Relations

Negotiating Intercultural Relations

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  • Author: Troy McConachy
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1350276952
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 241

The goal of fostering positive intercultural relations has taken on increased importance in a wide range of societal, educational, and business contexts. This has created growing demand for educational provision that raises awareness of the role of language, culture, and psychological dynamics in processes of communication and rapport management. This volume, inspired by Helen Spencer-Oatey's multidisciplinary approach to intercultural research, provides insights into the dynamic and negotiated nature of intercultural relations, informed by current theory and research in linguistics, psychology, and intercultural education. Written by an international group of prominent intercultural researchers, chapters demonstrate that intercultural interaction is highly dependent on the contextual expectations that individuals bring to communication, the social identities that are perceived to be relevant, and how individuals position themselves and others as cultural beings. They show how cultural norms and social identities are negotiated in the micro context of interpersonal interaction and in the macro sociocultural context. The volume provides intercultural researchers and educators with multidisciplinary insights into how intercultural relationships are established, maintained, and threatened.


English as a Lingua Franca

English as a Lingua Franca

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  • Author: Istvan Kecskes
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1107103800
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 271

Explores the language behaviour of speakers of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), through the lens of Gricean pragmatics. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars across the fields of pragmatics, language contact, world Englishes, second language acquisition, and English as a second language.