Cross-Cultural Pragmatics The Semantics of Human Interaction

"This book challenges the approaches to human interaction based on supposedly universal 'maxims of conversation' and 'principles of politeness,' which fly in the face of reality as experienced by millions of people crossing language boundaries (refugees, immigrants, etc.) and which cannot help in the practical tasks of cross-cultural communication and education. In contrast to such approaches, this book is both theoretical and practical: it shows that in different societies, norms of human interaction are different and reflect different cultural attitudes and values; and it offers a framework within which different cultural norms and different ways of speaking can be effectively explored, explained, and taught."Wierzbicka, Anna is the author of 'Cross-Cultural Pragmatics The Semantics of Human Interaction', published 2003 under ISBN 9783110177695 and ISBN 3110177692.