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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814995303321

Titolo

Misunderstanding in social life : discourse approaches to problematic talk / / edited by Juliane House, Gabriele Kasper and Steven Ross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-87754-3

1-138-14523-8

1-315-83866-4

1-317-87755-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (506 p.)

Collana

Language In Social Life Series

Altri autori (Persone)

HouseJuliane

KasperGabriele

RossSteven <1951->

Disciplina

306.4/4

153.6

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics

Discourse analysis - Social aspects

Miscommunication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by Pearson Education.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1. Misunderstanding talk; 2. Misunderstanding in intercultural university encounters; 3. Misunderstandings: interactional structure and strategic resources; 4. Repetition as a source of miscommunication in oral proficiency interviews; 5. Misunderstandings in political interviews; 6. Identity, role and voice in cross-cultural (mis)communication; 7. Misunderstanding teaching and learning; 8. ''I couldn''t follow her story...'': Ethnic differences in New Zealand narratives

9. The politics of misunderstanding in the legal system: Aboriginal English speakers in Queensland10. Distrust: A determining factor in the outcomes of gatekeeping encounters; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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