Author : Yukio Tsuda
Release : 1986-01-01
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 575/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Language Inequality and Distortion in Intercultural Communication by : Yukio Tsuda
Download or read book Language Inequality and Distortion in Intercultural Communication written by Yukio Tsuda. This book was released on 1986-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.