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Cross-cultural pragmatics : the semantics of human interaction /
This book challenges the approaches to human interaction based on supposedly universal 'maxims of conversation' and 'principles of politeness, ' which fly in the face of reality as experienced by millions of people crossing language boundaries (refugees, immigrants, etc.) and whi...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
2003.
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| Édition: | 2nd ed. |
| Collection: | Mouton textbook.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Frontmatter; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction: semantics and praglllatics; Chapter 2. Different cultures, different languages, different speech acts; Chapter 3. Cross-cultural pragmatics and different cultural values; Chapter 4. Describing conversational routines; Chapter 5. Speech acts and speech genres across languages and cultures; Chapter 6. The semantics of illocutionary forces; Chapter 7. Italian reduplication: its meaning and its cultural significance; Chapter 8. Interjections across cultures; Chapter 9. Particles and illocutionary meanings.
- Chapter 10. Boys will be boys: even 'truisllls' are culture-specificChapter 11. Conclusion: selDantics as a key to cross-cultural pragmatics; Backmatter.