Intercultural communication : a discourse approach /
Ron Scoll on, Suzanne Wong Scollon, and Rodney H. Jones.
- 3rd ed.
- Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- xix, 311 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Language in society ; 21 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is a discourse approach? -- How when and where to do things wit h language -- Interpersonal politeness and power -- Conversational infe rence : interpretation in spoken discourse -- Topic and face : inductiv e and deductive patterns in discourse -- Ideologies in discourse -- For ms of discourse -- Socialization -- Corporate and professional discours e -- Generational discourse -- Gender and sexuality discourse -- Doing "intercultural communication."