Misunderstanding in social life : discourse approaches to problematic talk /

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Misunderstanding is a pervasive phenomenon in social life, sometimes with serious consequences for people''s life chances. Misunderstandings are especially hazardous in high-stakes events such as job interviews or in the legal system. In unequal power encounters, unsuccessful communication...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: House, Juliane, Kasper, Gabriele, Ross, Steven, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Longman, 2003.
Colección:Language in social life series.
Temas:
Miscommunication.
Discourse analysis > Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics.
Language and culture.
Malentendus (Communication)
Analyse du discours > Aspect social.
Langage et culture.
Sociolinguistique.
sociolinguistics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Language and culture
Discourse analysis > Social aspects
Miscommunication
Sociolinguistics
Konversationsanalyse
Missverständnis
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Misunderstanding is a pervasive phenomenon in social life, sometimes with serious consequences for people''s life chances. Misunderstandings are especially hazardous in high-stakes events such as job interviews or in the legal system. In unequal power encounters, unsuccessful communication is regularly attributed to the less powerful participant, especially when those participants are members of an ethnic minority group. But even when communicative events are not prestructured by participants'' differential positions in social hierarchies, misunderstandings occur at different levels of interac.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781317877554
1317877551

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