English across Cultures. Cultures across English :A Reader in Cross-cultural Communication ( Contributions to the Sociology of Language CSL )

Publication subTitle :A Reader in Cross-cultural Communication

Publication series :Contributions to the Sociology of Language CSL

Author: Ofelia García   Ricardo Otheguy  

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton‎

Publication year: 1989

E-ISBN: 9783110848328

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110118117

Subject: H31 English

Language: ENG

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Chapter

Foreword

pp.:  1 – 7

The Authors

pp.:  7 – 11

The Editors

pp.:  11 – 17

Introduction

pp.:  17 – 23

The (mis)identification of regional and national accents of English: Pragmatic, cognitive and social aspects

pp.:  53 – 77

Culture and language in classroom communication

pp.:  77 – 105

English for academic purposes: A hidden curriculum in ways of speaking

pp.:  105 – 125

Invisible culture in the classroom: Minority pupils and the principie of adaptation

pp.:  125 – 139

Section Two. The impact of differences in socio-political realities on communication in English: Macro-societal constraints

pp.:  139 – 159

Intercultural miscommunication as a source of friction in the workplace and in educational settings in South Africa

pp.:  159 – 161

Socio-political influence on cultural identity in Canada. Implications for cross-cultural communication in English

pp.:  161 – 183

English as problem and resource in Sri Lankan Universities

pp.:  183 – 207

They speak English, don’t they?

pp.:  207 – 227

PART II: CULTURES ACROSS ENGLISH

pp.:  227 – 239

British-American lexical differences. A typology of interdialectal variation

pp.:  239 – 241

Section Three. The impact of différences in socio-linguistic backgrounds of interlocutors on communication in English: Ethno-linguistic constraints

pp.:  239 – 239

Questions of standards and intra-regional differences in Caribbean examinations

pp.:  241 – 265

Structural mimicry in decreolization and its effect on pseudocomprehension

pp.:  265 – 285

Cultural congruence and conflict in the acquisition of formulae in a second language

pp.:  285 – 303

Dialectology in our time? The English of the Cajuns

pp.:  303 – 327

Flexibility in lexical usage in Cameroon English

pp.:  327 – 341

Cultures in conflict: Varieties of English in Northern Ireland

pp.:  341 – 357

Section Four. The impact of différences in socio-psychological identity of interlocutors: Identity constraints

pp.:  357 – 379

Patois and the politics of protest: Black English in British classrooms

pp.:  379 – 381

Code-switching in narrative performance: A Puerto Rican speech Community in New York

pp.:  381 – 395

Social and linguistic parameters of prosody in Chicano English

pp.:  395 – 409

Central Canadian English and Received Standard English. A comparison of pronunciation

pp.:  409 – 425

Indian literature in English

pp.:  425 – 443

Bibliography

pp.:  443 – 463

Author Index

pp.:  463 – 495

Subject Index

pp.:  495 – 501

LastPages

pp.:  501 – 517

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