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1 online resource (264 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Language in social life series
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Language in social life series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Misunderstanding talk / Juliane House, Gabriele Kasper and Steven Ross -- Misunderstanding in intercultural university encounters / Juliane House -- Misunderstandings : interactional structure and strategic resources / Volker Hinnenkamp -- Repetition as a source of miscommunication in oral proficiency interviews / Gabriele Kasper and Steven Ross -- Misunderstandings in political interviews / Shoshana Blum-Kulka and Elda Weizman -- Identity, role and voice in cross-cultural (mis)communication / Claire Kramsch -- Misunderstanding teaching and learning / Joan Turner and Masako Hiraga -- 'I couldn't follow her story' : ethnic differences in New Zealand narratives / Janet Holmes -- The politics of misunderstanding in the legal system : aboriginal English speakers in Queensland / Diana Eades -- Distrust : a determining factor in the outcomes of gatekeeping encounters / Julie Kerekes. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Miscommunication.
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Miscommunication. |
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Discourse analysis -- Social aspects.
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Discourse analysis -- Social aspects. |
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Sociolinguistics.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Electronic books.
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House, Juliane.
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Kasper, Gabriele.
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Ross, Steven, 1951-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Misunderstanding in social life 058238222X (OCoLC)50581713 |
| ISBN |
9781317877554 (electronic book) |
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1317877551 (electronic book) |
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058238222X |
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9780582382220 |
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