Kristin Buhrig – författare

Translation and interpreting studies and intercultural communication have so far largely been treated as separate disciplines. Translational Action and Intercultural Communication offers an overview of a range of different theoretical and methodological approaches to examining the hitherto largely ignored connection between the two research strands.

Drawing on three key concepts (''functional equivalence'', ''dilated speech situation'' and ''intercultural understanding''), this interdisciplinary volume attempts to interrelate the following thematic strands: procedures of mediating between cultures in translational action, problems of intercultural communication in translational action, and insights into intercultural communication based on analyses of translational action.

The volume features both contrastive papers and papers which investigate communicative events in actu. The analyses presented deal with a variety of genres and types of interaction, including children''s books, speech acts in dramatic text, popular science and economic texts, excerpts from intercultural university encounters, phatic talk, toast giving and medical communication.

Translation and interpreting studies and intercultural communication have so far largely been treated as separate disciplines. Translational Action and Intercultural Communication offers an overview of a range of different theoretical and methodological approaches to examining the hitherto largely ignored connection between the two research strands.

Drawing on three key concepts (''functional equivalence'', ''dilated speech situation'' and ''intercultural understanding''), this interdisciplinary volume attempts to interrelate the following thematic strands: procedures of mediating between cultures in translational action, problems of intercultural communication in translational action, and insights into intercultural communication based on analyses of translational action.

The volume features both contrastive papers and papers which investigate communicative events in actu. The analyses presented deal with a variety of genres and types of interaction, including children''s books, speech acts in dramatic text, popular science and economic texts, excerpts from intercultural university encounters, phatic talk, toast giving and medical communication.

Dieser Band geht auf empirischer Grundlage unter Verwendung linguistisch-pragmatischer sowie kulturwissenschaftlicher Methoden der Vielfalt des Argumentierens in Schule und Wissenschaft nach. Adressiert werden historische und interkulturelle Aspekte wie auch solche von Mehrsprachigkeit, und zwar sowohl aus analytischer als auch aus didaktischer Perspektive. An mündlichen und schriftlichen Beispielen wird aufgezeigt, welche Rolle dem Argumentieren in der Wissenskommunikation zukam beziehungsweise – auch kulturkontrastiv – zukommt. Zudem geht es um eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Funktionen, die das Argumentieren erfüllt. Berücksichtigt sind das Englische als Wissenschaftssprache und Lingua franca, besonders auch im südlichen Afrika, Russisch, Italienisch und Latein sowie das Deutsche als Fremdsprache.