Intercultural Communication: A Critical Introduction - Hardcover

Piller, Ingrid

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1474412904 ISBN 13: 9781474412902

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Combining perspectives from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, the second edition of this popular textbook provides students with a comprehensive, up-to-date and critical overview of the field of intercultural communication.

Ingrid Piller explains communication in context using two main approaches. The first treats cultural identity, difference and similarity as discursive constructions. The second, informed by bilingualism studies, highlights the use and prestige of different languages and language varieties as well as the varying access that speakers have to them.

About this title

About the Author:

Ingrid Piller is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She holds a PhD from the Technical University of Dresden, Germany, and has taught at universities in Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. She has published widely on the sociolinguistics of language learning, multilingualism and intercultural communication. She blogs about her research at www.languageonthemove.org

Review:

'This is an excellent introduction and a very important contribution to the field. I have not found in other recent publications such extensive and wide- ranging examples of relevant research used to support the arguments put forward - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 'One important feature of the book is the inclusion of case studies from around the world. The book consists of vivid and interesting cases of modernity that span the globe, suggesting that Piller's intercultural communication research derived from a worldwide cultural basis. In other words, every nation, due to its own unique culture, may contribute to issues and understanding of intercultural communication - Discourse Studies

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1474412904
• ISBN 13: 9781474412902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240