Pragmatics across Languages and Cultures / / ed. by Anna Trosborg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen,; Chen, Rong,; Cheng, Pang,; Cheng, Winnie,; DuFon, Margaret A.,; Frandsen, Finn,; Haugh, Michael,; House, Juliane,; Isaksson, Maria,; Johansen, Winnie,; Jørgensen, Poul Erik Flyvholm,; Liu, Jianda,; Luke, Kang-kwong,; Martínez-Flor, Alicia,; Mayes, Patricia,; Márquez Reiter, Rosina,; Paiva, Beatriz M. M.,; Spencer-Oatey, Helen,; Taguchi, Naoko,; Takahashi, Satomi,; Thomsen, Christa,; Usó-Juan, Esther,; Wierzbicka, Anna,; Yates, Linda,; Yli-Jokipii, Hilkka,
• HerausgeberIn: Trosborg, Anna,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Handbooks of Pragmatics [HOPS] ; 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (644 p.)
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110214444; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110233544; 9783110233551; 9783110233568; 9783110233605
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110214444
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Anna Trosborg.

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview, as well as breaking new ground, in a versatile and fast growing field. It contains four sections: Contrastive, Cross-cultural and Intercultural Pragmatics, Interlanguage Pragmatics, Teaching and Testing of Second/Foreign Language Pragmatics, and Pragmatics in Corporate Culture Communication, covering a wide range of topics, from speech acts and politeness issues to Lingua Franca and Corporate Crises Communication. The approach is theoretical, methodological as well as applied, with a focus on authentic, interactional data. All articles are written by renowned leading specialists, who provide in-depth, up-to-date overviews, and view new directions and visions for future research.