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Intercultural competence and pragmatics research: examining the interface through studies of intercultural business discourse
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Spencer-Oatey, Helen (2010) Intercultural competence and pragmatics research: examining the interface through studies of intercultural business discourse. In: Trosborg, Anna, (ed.) Pragmatics across Languages and Cultures. Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS] (No.7). Berlin, Germany / New York, NY, U.S.A.: De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 189-216. ISBN 9783110214444
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110214444.1.189
Abstract
Intercultural competence is extremely important in today's globalised world, and there is a growing interest in what such competence actually entails. A number of conceptual frameworks have been developed in several different disciplines, particularly in communication studies, international business and management, and foreign language education. In nearly all of these frameworks, communication is highlighted as being of crucial importance, yet there is very rarely any mention in these other disciplines of pragmatics research into intercultural interaction, despite the large amount that has been carried out. Conversely, pragmatics research into intercultural interaction almost never refers to frameworks of intercultural competence, and typically focuses on detailed linguistic analyses. In this chapter, I try to bring the two together. I consider the extent to which pragmatics research can inform and illuminate the multidisciplinary frameworks of intercultural competence, and perhaps help them to become more truly interdisciplinary. I also discuss the need for pragmatic research to take a competency approach and relate findings to conceptualisations of intercultural competence. In doing this, I focus on pragmatic research (and in doing so, discourse analytic research) into intercultural business interaction, restricting my analysis to studies that are based on authentic (rather than simulated or questionnaire-based) data.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
Series Name: | Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS] | ||||
Publisher: | De Gruyter Mouton | ||||
Place of Publication: | Berlin, Germany / New York, NY, U.S.A. | ||||
ISBN: | 9783110214444 | ||||
Book Title: | Pragmatics across Languages and Cultures | ||||
Editor: | Trosborg, Anna | ||||
Official Date: | August 2010 | ||||
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Number: | No.7 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 644 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 189-216 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110214444.1.189 | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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