AFinLAn vuosikirja 49

Communication and Discourse Across Cultures and Languages

Contents:

       Harald Haarmann. Symbolic Internationalization: Beyond the Practical Use of Foreign Languages in Intercultural Communication. (s. 1-16)

       Hartmut Schröder. How to Avoid Ethnocentricity and Stereotypes in Analyzing Another Culture. (s. 17-36)

       Paula Kalaja. Analyzing Service Encounters Cross-Culturally: Methodological Considerations. (s. 37-44)

       Elise Kärkkäinen. The Problem of Norm in the Study of Cross-Cultural Discourse. (s. 45-58)

       Hilkka Yli-Jokipii. Running Against Time and Technology: Problems in Empirical Research into Written Business Communication. (s. 59-72)

       Hannele Dufva. Innocents Abroad: The Politics of Cross-Cultural Communication. (s. 73-89)

       Sirpa Leppänen. Linguistics and the Transnationalisation of Literature. (s. 91-96)

       David Marsh. Pitfalls of Cross-Cultural Communication Training: The Art of the Appropriate. (s. 97-110)

       Armi Aaltonen, Laura-Maria Hakoköngäs, Pekka Isomursu, Heli Kaarre, Riitta Kataja and Tuija Rapakko. Spoken Discourse if Finnish Speakers of English. (s. 111-117)

       Taru-Maija Heilala-Rasimov and Jarna Vesanen. Teaching Cultural Competens in the English Language Classroom in Finnish Schools. (s. 119-123)

       Riitta Kataja. A Contrastive Analysis of the Spoken Discourse of Bilingual Swedish Finnish and Native Swedish School Children. (s. 125-129)

       Tuija Nikko. Comprehension in NS-NNS Conversation. (s. 131-137)

       Arja Piirainen-Marsh. The Handling of Impositions in Native – Non-Native Conversations. (s. 139-154)

       Liisa Salo-Lee. L2 Learner Repairs in Cross-Cultural Communication. (s. 155-165)

       David Marsh. Seeking Clarification in Oral Tests. (s. 167-172)

       Pirkko Raudaskoski. The Relevance of Repair for Self Explicating Artifacts. (s. 173-180)

       Merja Karjalainen. Special Features in Children´s conversations. (s. 181- 186)

       Paul McIlvenny. Some Thoughts on the Study of Sign Language Talk. (s. 187-201)

       Juhani Riihikoski. Information Structure in Finnish Live Ice Hockey Reporting: An Answer to Tomlin (1983). (s. 203-237)

       Sonja Tirkkonen-Condit. Relational Propositions in Text Comprehension Processes. (s. 239-246)

       Ellen Valle. Pragmalinguistic Feartures of Academic-Scientific Discourse: A Model for Analysis and a Diachronic Application. (s. 246-266)

       Paula Kalaja and Sirpa Leppänen. Transaction and Interaction in Writing: The Case of Electronic Mail. (s. 267-275)