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Date Posted: 18:25:21 09/19/07 Wed
Author: Monique Magalh�es
Subject: Re: TEXT 10 - Discourse Issues (Boxer)
In reply to: Lourdes 's message, "Re: TEXT 10 - Discourse Issues (Boxer)" on 08:58:15 09/19/07 Wed

Hi Lourdes and Paula,

I also think it's a little complex, well I think that when we are talking about one-way perspective - IP and
from a two-way perspective - CCP it really depends on the view of each one involved in the situation. On page 151, they say that: "Cross-cultural pragmatics takes the point of veiw that individuals from two societies or communities carry out their interactions (whether spoken or written) according to their own rules or norms, often resulting in a clash in expectations and, ultimately, misperceptions about the other group. The misperceptions are typically two-way; because invitably one group wields societal power at the expense of the othes." They mention on exemple that I found very helpful: "how speakers of English from two different societies, British vs. South Asian, had different sets os expectations for how to talk to each other. In this British setting, it was the South Asian group that got into troble by not following the international norms of the host society. While it may be true that this perception went the other way as well, with the South Asians perceiving the British negatively also, the consequences in terms of societal power were felt only by the minority group.

Well girls that's all for now, I think we are on the road.

Monique Magalh�es

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