Buch, Englisch, Band VII:7, 97 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 180 g
Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond
A Critical Theory Approach
Buch, Englisch, Band VII:7, 97 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 180 g
Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond
ISBN: 978-90-272-2557-3
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
This study sheds light on the problem of communicative inequality, neglected both by linguists and communication scholars, among speakers of different languages. It provides a four-step Critical Theory analysis of language-based inequality and distortion between speakers of a few dominant languages, especially English, and speakers of minority languages in the context of international and intercultural communication. Based on a theoretical framework of “Distorted Communication” developed by J. Habermas and C. Müller, the analysis focuses on a critical description, definition, and interpretation of “Distorted Intercultural Communication”, and exposes the ideology that legitimates linguistic inequality and distortion in communication.
