Communication across cultures: mutual understanding in a global world

Heather Bowe and Kylie Martin
Cambridge ; Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2007

ISBN: 0521695570

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Book description
The book examines the ways in which spoken and written language may be interpreted depending on the context and expectations of the participants. Key concepts are drawn from linguistic pragmatics and discourse analysis, and studies of politeness and cross-cultural communication. The book has many examples from a variety of languages and cultures – from Japan to Germany, from the Americas to Africa, and to Australia. This book is intended for students of linguistics and related disciplines, and interdisciplinary researchers who have no specialised knowledge of linguistics. Relevant literature and recent research are featured and explained throughout for the benefit of students who are learning how research in this field is conducted, and also for interdisciplinary researchers wishing to incorporate some of these perspectives into their own work.

About the author
Heather Bowe is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Monash University and Director of the Language and Society Centre.
Kylie Martin is completing a PhD at Monash on the socio-cultural situation of the Ainu language in Japan. She has lived and worked in Indonesia as well as in Japan.

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