Misunderstanding in Social Life: Discourse Approaches to Problematic Talk (Language In Social Life)

by ProfGabrieleKasper (Editor), ProfJulianeHouse (Editor), ProfStevenRoss (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $29.99

  Provides a variety of theoretical and analytical perspectives on misunderstanding within different types of spoken interaction/discourse - such as in news media interviews, legal and medical situations, communication by second language learners and between different cultural and social groups, and mistakes in everyday conversation.