Dialogue and culture

• Other Authors: Grein, Marion, 1966-, Weigand, Edda.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007.
• Series: Dialogue studies ; v. 1.
• Subjects: Language and culture.; Biolinguistics.; Dialogue analysis.; Intercultural communication.; Speech acts (Linguistics); LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Sociolinguistics. > Linguistics; Culturele verschillen.; Dialogen.; Interculturele communicatie.; Electronic books.
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The volume deals with the relationship between language, dialogue, human nature and culture by focusing on an approach that considers culture to be a crucial component of dialogic interaction. Part I refers to the so-called 'language instinct debate' between nativists and empiricists and i...

Table of Contents:

• Dialogue and Culture; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Preface to the Series; Table of Contents; Introduction; I. Language, Biology and Culture; Minds in Uniform; The Sociobiology of Language; II. Theoretical Positions; Some General Thoughts about Linguistic Typology and Dialogue Linguistics; Intercultural Dialogue and Academic Discourse; The Speech Act of Refusal within the Minimal Action Game; Gestural Regulators in French, Japanese and American English Dialogues; Quantity Scales; III. Empirically Oriented Studies of the 'Mixed Game'; Dialogue Interpreting as Intercultural Mediation.