Translational Action and Intercultural Communication

By: Kristin Bührig and Juliane House and Jan D. ten Thije

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Synopsis: Translation and interpreting studies and intercultural communication have so far largely been treated as separate disciplines. Translational Action and Intercultural Communication offers an overview of a range of different theoretical and methodological approaches to examining the hitherto largely ignored connection between the two research strands. Drawing on three key concepts ('functional equivalence', 'dilated speech situation' and 'intercultural understanding'), this interdisciplinary volume attempts to interrelate the following thematic strands: procedures of mediating between cultures in translational action, problems of intercultural communication in translational action, and insights into intercultural communication based on analyses of translational action. The volume features both contrastive papers and papers which investigate communicative events in actu. The analyses presented deal with a variety of genres and types of interaction, including children's books, speech acts in dramatic text, popular science and economic texts, excerpts from intercultural university encounters, phatic talk, toast giving and medical communication.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781317641285
Related ISBNs:: 9781315760148, 9781905763092, 9781905763092, 9781138152113, 9781138152113
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 04/10/20
Copyrighted By:: hrig, Juliane House and Jan D. ten Thije
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Kristin Buhrig
Edited by:: Juliane House
Edited by:: Jan ten Thije