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

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TextSeries: Language in social life seriesPublisher: London ; New York : Longman, 2003Description: 1 online resource (264 pages)Content type:

text

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9781317877554
1317877551

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Misunderstanding in social lifeDDC classification:

306.44 22

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P96.M56 M57 2003eb

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ER 990

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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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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.

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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.

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