罗恩·斯科隆(Ron Scollon)和苏珊娜·王·斯科隆(Suzanne Scollon)夫妇,美国语言学家。罗恩是乔治敦大学语言学教授,并曾在亚洲多地进行教学与研究,主攻跨种族交际和不同语篇系统;出版专著16本,发表文章80余篇,其中多与妻子合作;逝于2009年。苏珊娜现已退休,她的专业是跨语篇交际、中介语篇分析和非虚构类写作。
罗德尼·H. 琼斯(Rodney H. Jones),英国里丁大学英语语言与应用语言学系主任,社会语言学教授,主要专业领域为语篇分析法、互动社会语言学,以及语言和数字媒体;著、编12本专著,发表文章和书中章节50余篇。
目錄:
Figures?xxxvii
Series Editor‘s Preface?xxxviii
Preface to the First Edition?xxxix
Preface to the Second Edition?xlii
Preface to the Third Edition?xliii
1?What Is a Discourse Approach??1
The Problem with Culture?2
Discourse?7
What Is Communication??10
What This Book Is Not?17
Researching Interdiscourse Communication?18
Discussion Questions?23
References for Further Study?24
2?How, When, and Where to Do Things with Language?25
Sentence Meaning and Speaker’s Meaning?27
Speech Acts, Speech Events, and Speech Situations?27
Grammar of Context?29
”Culture” and Context?39
Researching Interdiscourse Communication?42
Discussion Questions?43
References for Further Study?44
3?Interpersonal Politeness and Power?45
Communicative Style or Register?45
Face?46
The Paradox of Face: Involvement and Independence?48
Face Systems?52
Three Face Systems: Deference, Solidarity, and Hierarchy?53
Miscommunication?56
Variations in Face Systems?59
Social Organization and Face Systems?60
Researching Interdiscourse Communication?66
Discussion Questions?67
References for Further Study?68
4?Conversational Inference: Interpretation in Spoken Discourse?69
How Do We Understand Discourse??70
Cohesive Devices: Lexical and Grammatical?71
Cognitive Schemata and Scripts?74
Prosodic Patterning: Intonation and Timing?77
Metacommunication?82
Interactive Intelligence?86
Researching Interdiscourse Communication?88
Discussion Questions?90
References for Further Study?90
5?Topic and Face: Inductive and Deductive Patterns in Discourse?92
What Are You Talking About??92
Topic, Turn Exchange, and Timing?94
Deductive Monologues?96
The Inductive Pattern?97
Face: Inductive and Deductive Rhetorical Strategies?100
Face Relationships in Written Discourse?103
Limiting Ambiguity: Power in Discourse?106
Researching Interdiscourse Communication?107
Discussion Questions?109
References for Further Study?109
6?Ideologies in Discourse?110
Three Concepts of Discourse?110
The Utilitarian Discourse System?113
What ”Counts” as an Ideology??128
Researching Interdiscourse Communication?130
Discussion Questions?134
References for Further Study?134
7?Forms of Discourse?136
Functions of Language?136
Clarity, Brevity, and Sincerity Revisited?139
Modes, Media, and the Materiality of Discourse?152
Researching Interdiscourse Communication?157
Discussion Questions?158
References for Further Study?159
8?Socialization?161
The Individual and ”Culture”?161
Socialization in the Utilitarian Discourse System?168
Socialization and the ”Historical Body”?171
Researching Interdiscourse Communication?173
Discussion Questions?176
References for Further Study?177
9?Corporate and Professional Discourse?178
Voluntary and Involuntary Discourse Systems?178
The Corporate Discourse System (Corporate Culture)?180
Professional Discourse Systems?201
Researching Interdiscourse Communication?203
Discussion Questions?204
References for Further Study?205
10?Generational Discourse?206
Involuntary Discourse Systems?206
The Ideologies of Individualism in the United States?208
Six Generations of Chinese?227
Researching Interdiscourse Communication?235
Discussion Questions?236
References for Further Study?239
11?Gender and Sexuality Discourse?240
Gender and Sexuality?240
Gender Discourse Systems?241
Sexuality?253
”Gay Culture” and the Utilitarian Discourse System?257
The ”Tongzhi Discourse System”?261
Researching Interdiscourse Communication?264
Discussion Questions?265
References for Further Study?266
12?Doing ”Intercultural Communication”?267
Discourse Systems and the Individual?267
Differences Which Make a Difference: Discourse Systems?276
Intercultural Communication as Mediated Action?278
Avoiding Miscommunication?279
Researching Interdiscourse Communication?281
Discussion Questions?283
References for Further Study?283
References?284
Index?298