Human Encounters
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Human Encounters

Introduction to Intercultural Communication

  1. 298 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Human Encounters

Introduction to Intercultural Communication

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About This Book

This book gives a comprehensive introduction to intercultural communication. The reader is introduced to essential concepts in the field, different theories and methods of analysing communication, the importance of verbal and nonverbal languages for bringing about mutual understanding and, finally, the ethical challenges that arise.

The volume also has a practical aspect. The author discusses subjects such as handling encounters with people using foreign languages; incorporating different life styles and world views; the use of interpreters, non-familiar bodylanguage; different understandings of time; relocation in new settings; the use of power and how to deal with cultural conflicts generally.

Published as a general textbook in English for the first time following a very successful original edition in Norwegian, also translated to Russian and French, this richly-illustrated book offers a refreshing and engaging introduction to intercultural understanding

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Publisher
Peter Lang Group
Year
2021
ISBN
9781789979732
Edition
1
Topic
Sciences sociales
Subtopic
Études ethniques

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Chapter 1 Understanding in a Global World
  5. Chapter 2 Culture: Something We Have or Something We Do?
  6. Chapter 3 Communication Is Creating Something Together
  7. Chapter 4 Process Analysis: Building Bridges
  8. Chapter 5 Semiotic Analysis: Interpreting Signs
  9. Chapter 6 Hermeneutic Analysis: Understanding
  10. Chapter 7 Verbal Communication: Language
  11. Chapter 8 Nonverbal Communication: Body Language
  12. Chapter 9 Identity: Who Am I?
  13. Chapter 10 Context and Reality: Why Are They Doing This?
  14. Chapter 11 To Understand Oneself and Others
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index