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Cultures in Conversation
Contributor(s): Carbaugh, Donal (Author)
ISBN: 0805852336     ISBN-13: 9780805852332
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $161.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2005
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Annotation: Explores how linguistic differences can lead to cultural misunderstandings. For use in communication/linguistics courses and scholarship in those areas.

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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
Dewey: 302.2
LCCN: 2004061424
Series: Lea's Communication (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.14" W x 9.32" (0.93 lbs) 184 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Cultures in Conversation introduces readers to the ethnographic study of intercultural and social interactions through the analysis of conversations in which various cultural orientations are operating. Author Donal Carbaugh presents his original research on conversation practices in England, Finland, Russia, Blackfeet County, and the United States, demonstrating how each is distinctive in its communication codes--particularly in its use of symbolic meanings, forms of interaction, norms, and motivational themes. Examining conversation in this way demonstrates how cultural lives are active in conversations and shows how conversation is a principal medium for the coding of selves, social relationships, and societies.


Representing 20 years of research, this volume offers unique insights into the ways social interactions not only gain shape from, but also are formative of cultures. It makes a significant contribution to communication scholarship, and will be illuminating reading in courses focusing on cultural communication, language and social interaction, intercultural pragmatics, and linguistics.