Cultural Communication

"Cross-Cultural Communication" is a collection of essays that examines how practitioners can improve the acceptance of their documentation when communicating to cultures other than their own. The essa

Aiming to resist the emphasis on the social scientific approach that dominates the intercultural communication curriculum, Kurylo (communication arts, Marymount Manhattan College) assembles a group of

Written for all types of business people who work with people from other countries, this book offers background and exercises for becoming sensitive to the values of other cultures and shows how to co

Offers a deeper understanding of the need for effective cross-cultural communication and cultural awareness by those engaged in working in the international environment. This area is of increasing imp

Each chapter in Beyond Language has two sections:(1)readings and exercises about cross-cultural communication and selected areas of American culture; and(2)intercultural communication activities desig

How is cultural identity accomplished interactively? What happens when different cultural identities contact one another? This book presents a series of papers, from classic essays to original exposit

Accessible and lively introduction to the management of cross-cultural communication for undergraduate and postgraduate business students. Drawing on the latest research and incorporating the author's

Stringer and Cassiday have written and adapted ready-to-use activities for settings where the exploration of cross-cultural communication would be beneficial

In Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication Studies in the Asia Pacific, Leong Ko and Ping Chen provide a comprehensive and in-depth account of various issues encountered in translation and interp

When healthcare providers and patients do not speak the same language, medical interpreters are called in to help. In this book - the first ever ethnographic study of a bilingual hospital - Claudia Angelelli explores the role of medical interpreters, drawing on data from over 300 medical encounters and interviewing the interpreters themselves about the people for whom they interpret, their challenges, and how they characterize their role. Traditionally the interpreter has been viewed as a language conduit, with little power over the medical encounter or the relationship between patient and provider. This book presents an alternative view, considering the interpreter's agency and contextualizing the practice within an institution that is part of a larger society. Bringing together literature from social theory, social psychology and linguistic anthropology, this book will be welcomed by anyone who wants to discover the intricacies of medical interpreting firsthand; particularly research

Claudia Angelelli explores the role of medical interpreters, drawing on data from over 300 medical encounters as well as interviews with the interpreters. Bringing together literature from social theo

A comprehensive survey of the key areas of research in cross-cultural communication, based on the authors' experience in organizing and delivering courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students a

There are now more Christians in Africa and Asia than in the West. This book addresses particular aspects of cultural contact, with special reference to caste, conversion, and colonialism.

This book explores the influence of culture and cognition on translation and communication and brings together revised versions of papers delivered at the First International TransLingua Conference, o

We can learn to speak other languages, but do we truly understand what we are saying? How much detail should we offer when someone asks how we are? How close should we stand to our conversational part

The five steps to successful selling, negotiating, and managing multi-culturally "Say Anything to Anyone, Anywhere" gives readers five simple key guidelines to create rapport and organize strategies f

This volume of the Brill series on the medieval Mediterranean discusses the diplomatic documents that passed between Arab, Greek and Latin states in the Near East. Articles cover treaties, letters bet

Partly because of academic disciplinary boundaries, music remains a neglected subject in the historiography of the British Empire and indeed intellectual history at large. In this book, however, autho

When in the 1980s Tong Enzheng suggested his model of a "crescent-shaped cultural-communication belt" stretching from Northeast China and Korea along the Tibetan borderlands all the