Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication (eBook)

Scott F. Kiesling is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh. His publications include the books Linguistic Variation and Change (2011) and Intercultural Discourse and Communication: The Essential Readings (Wiley-Blackwell 2005, co-edited with Christina Bratt Paulston). Christina Bratt Paulston is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh. Her numerous publications include Intercultural Discourse and Communication: The Essential Readings (Wiley-Blackwell 2005, co-edited with Scott F. Kiesling), Sociolinguistics: The Essential Readings (Blackwell 2003, co-edited with G. Richard Tucker), and Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Bilingual Education (1992). Elizabeth S. Rangel is Research Associate at Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC), a Cognitive Science Research Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. Her most recent publications include chapters in the third edition of the International Encyclopedia of Education (2010), and Innovative Learning Environments from the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (2010).

Notes on Contributors vii

Preface xv

Introduction xvii

Part I Background 1

1 Intercultural Communication: An Overview 3

Ingrid Piller

2 Perspectives on Intercultural Discourse and Communication
19

Leila Monaghan

3 Cultures and Languages in Contact: Towards a Typology 37

John Edwards

Part II Theoretical Perspectives 61

4 Interactional Sociolinguistics: Perspectives on Intercultural
Communication 63

John J. Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumperz

5 Ethnography of Speaking 77

Scott F. Kiesling

6 Critical Approaches to Intercultural Discourse and
Communication 90

Ryuko Kubota

7 Postmodernism and Intercultural Discourse: World Englishes
110

Suresh Canagarajah

Part III Interactional Discourse Features 133

8 Turn-Taking and Intercultural Discourse and Communication
135

Deborah Tannen

9 Silence 158

Ikuko Nakane

10 Indirectness 180

Michael Lempert

11 Politeness in Intercultural Discourse and Communication
205

Janet Holmes

Part IV Intercultural Discourse Sites 229

12 Anglo-Arab Intercultural Communication 231

Eirlys E. Davies and Abdelali Bentahila

13 Japan/Anglo-American Cross-Cultural Communication 252

Steven Brown, Brenda Hayashi, and Kikue Yamamoto

14 "Those Venezuelans are so easy-going!" National
Stereotypes and Self-Representations in Discourse about the Other
272

Lars Fant

15 "Face," Stereotyping, and Claims of Power: The
Greeks and Turks in Interaction 292

Maria Sifianou and Aryn
Bayraktarodlu

16 Intercultural Communication and Vocational Language Learning
in South Africa: Law and Healthcare 313

Russell H. Kaschula and Pamela Maseko

17 Indigenous-Mestizo Interaction in Mexico 337

Rocío Fuentes

Part V Interactional Domains 365

18 Translation and Intercultural Communication: Bridges and
Barriers 367

Eirlys E. Davies

19 Cultural Differences in Business Communication 389

John Hooker

20 Intercultural Communication in the Law 408

Diana Eades

21 Medicine 430

Claudia V. Angelelli

22 Intercultural Discourse and Communication in Education
449

Amanda J. Godley

23 Religion as a Domain of Intercultural Discourse 482

Jonathan M. Watt

Index 496

"It is a blessing that bibliography follows each chapter
where it can be quite use-ful, rather than being amassed at the end
of the book." (The Delta Intercultural Academy,
1 December 2012)

"In sum, "The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse
and Communication" promises to be a stimulating resource with
the potential to inform and to invite debate, inspiring and
equipping readers to ponder recent and enduring issues
anew." (Linguist List, 17 November 2012)

"This book provides a rich and diverse sampling of the
intercultural work going on from various linguistic perspectives,
some authors being more reliant on established intercultural theory
and practice and others resisting it."
(Dialogin, 1 October 2011)



"Rarely does a book of this significance appear in the field of
Intercultural Communication. This handbook provides the most
sophisticated understanding so far of language processes in
intercultural interactions." - Min-Sun Kim, University of
Hawaii

"This panoramic survey of work on discourse and intercultural
communication is destined to become a classic. The articles in it,
all by renowned researchers, present state of the art scholarship
on a wide range of topics from the micro-dynamics of situated
interaction to broader theoretical debates on the relationship
between language and culture." - Rodney Jones, City
University of Hong Kong