| Description |
xxvii, 149 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
LEA's communication series |
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LEA's communication series.
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| Contents |
1. Cultures in conversation : ethnographic explorations of intercultural communication -- 2. Conversation as a culturally rich phenomenon -- 3. Silence and third-party introductions : USAmerican and Finnish dialogue / Donal A. Carbaugh and Saila Poutiainen -- 4. "Superficial Americans" and "silent Finns" : Finnish and USAmerican cultures in social interaction -- 5. "Self," "soul," and "sex" : Russian and USAmerican cultures in a televised conversation -- 6. "I can't do that" but I "can actually see around corners" : American Indian students and the study of "communication" -- 7. "Just listen" : Blackfeet "listening" and landscape -- 8. "The passing occasion and the long story" : four cultural conversations |
| Summary |
"Cultures in Conversation introduces readers to the ethnographic study of intercultural and social interactions through the analysis of conversations in which different 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 principle medium for the coding of selves, social relationships, and societies." |
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"Representing 20 years of research, this text offers unique insights into the ways social interactions not only gain shape from, but are formative of cultures. It makes a significant contribution to communication scholarship, and will be illuminating reading in courses which focus on cultural communication, language and social interaction, intercultural pragmatics, and linguistics."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-143) and index |
| Subject |
Intercultural communication.
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Conversation analysis.
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| LC no. |
2004061424 |
| ISBN |
0805852336 alkaline paper |
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0805852344 paperback alkaline paper |
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