| Achieving Understanding: Discourse in Intercultural Encounters Contributor(s): Bremer, Katharina (Author), Roberts, Celia (Author), Vasseur, Marie-Therese (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138836044 ISBN-13: 9781138836044 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306 |
| Series: Language in Social Life |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.06 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a detailed study of understanding in a second language, related to the actual lives of minority workers. The focus is on everyday interactions between these workers and the bureaucrats of the society in which they are now resident. It provides an important contribution to the debate about the function of language as a social practice, adding a new perspective to the psycholinguistic and experimental paradigms, currently existing in second language acquisition research. |