Global Linguistics: An Introduction

by Andrea Rocci and Marcel Danesi

Book Overview

The book provides an introduction to an interdisciplinary field of inquiry that can be called "global linguistics" (GL). GL emerges to tackle the ever-growing phenomenon of intercultural communication (IC) in today's world of international contacts. The specific aim of GL is to look at the form and contents of dialogues among speakers of different cultural backgrounds who will use a "default language" or koin (usually English) to interact, in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110214067
• ISBN13: 9783110214062
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary