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Research Methods in Intercultural Communication introduces and contextualizes the most important methodological issues in the field for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Examples of these issues are which paradigms and how to research multilingually, interculturally and ethnically.

  • Provides the first dedicated and most comprehensivevolume on research methods in intercultural communication research in the last 30 years
  • Explains new and emerging methods, as well as more established ones. These include: Matched Guise Technique, Discourse Completion Task, Critical Incident Technique, Critical Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Virtual Ethnography, Corpus Analysis, Multimodality, Conversation Analysis, Narrative Analysis, Questionnaire and Interview.
  • Assists readers in determining the most suitable method for various research questions, conceptualizing the research process, interpreting results, and drawing conclusions
  • Supports stude

    Table of Contents
    Notes on Contributors vii

    Acknowledgements xiii

    Preface xv

    I Linking Themes, Paradigms, and Methods

    1 Identifying Research Paradigms 3
    Zhu Hua

    2 Studying Culture 23
    Adrian Holliday

    3 Studying Identity 37
    Jo Angouri

    4 Studying Discourse 53
    Leila Monaghan

    II Key Issues and Challenges

    5 How to Identify Research Questions 73
    Zhu Hua, Prue Holmes, Tony Young, and Jo Angouri

    6 How to Research Multilingually: Possibilities and Complexities 88
    Prue Holmes, Richard Fay, Jane Andrews, and Mariam Attia

    7 How to Research Interculturally and Ethically 103
    Jane Woodin

    8 How to Assess Intercultural Competence 120
    Darla K. Deardorff

    9 How to Work with Research Participants: The Researcher’s Role 135
    Fred Dervin

    10 How to Develop a Research Proposal 147
    Jane Jackson

    III Methods

    11 Questionnaires and Surveys 165
    Tony Johnstone Young

    12 Interviews 181
    Barbara Gibson and Zhu Hua

    13 The Matched-Guise Technique 196
    Ruth Kircher

    14 Discourse Completion Tasks 212
    Emma Sweeney and Zhu Hua

    15 The Critical Incident Technique 223
    Helen Spencer-Oatey and Claudia Harsch

    16 Ethnography 239
    Jane Jackson

    17 Virtual Ethnography 255
    Aoife Lenihan and Helen Kelly-Holmes

    18 Multimodality 268
    Agnieszka Lyons

    19 Critical Discourse Analysis 281
    John P. O’Regan and Anne Betzel

    20 Conversation Analysis 297
    Adam Brandt and Kristian Mortensen

    21 Corpus Analysis 311
    Michael Handford

    22 Narrative Analysis 327
    Anna De Fina

    Index 343

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 19/01/2016
      ISBN13: 9781118837436, 978-1118837436
      ISBN10: 1118837436
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Research Methods in Intercultural Communication introduces and contextualizes the most important methodological issues in the field for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Examples of these issues are which paradigms and how to research multilingually, interculturally and ethnically.

      • Provides the first dedicated and most comprehensivevolume on research methods in intercultural communication research in the last 30 years
      • Explains new and emerging methods, as well as more established ones. These include: Matched Guise Technique, Discourse Completion Task, Critical Incident Technique, Critical Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Virtual Ethnography, Corpus Analysis, Multimodality, Conversation Analysis, Narrative Analysis, Questionnaire and Interview.
      • Assists readers in determining the most suitable method for various research questions, conceptualizing the research process, interpreting results, and drawing conclusions
      • Supports stude

        Table of Contents
        Notes on Contributors vii

        Acknowledgements xiii

        Preface xv

        I Linking Themes, Paradigms, and Methods

        1 Identifying Research Paradigms 3
        Zhu Hua

        2 Studying Culture 23
        Adrian Holliday

        3 Studying Identity 37
        Jo Angouri

        4 Studying Discourse 53
        Leila Monaghan

        II Key Issues and Challenges

        5 How to Identify Research Questions 73
        Zhu Hua, Prue Holmes, Tony Young, and Jo Angouri

        6 How to Research Multilingually: Possibilities and Complexities 88
        Prue Holmes, Richard Fay, Jane Andrews, and Mariam Attia

        7 How to Research Interculturally and Ethically 103
        Jane Woodin

        8 How to Assess Intercultural Competence 120
        Darla K. Deardorff

        9 How to Work with Research Participants: The Researcher’s Role 135
        Fred Dervin

        10 How to Develop a Research Proposal 147
        Jane Jackson

        III Methods

        11 Questionnaires and Surveys 165
        Tony Johnstone Young

        12 Interviews 181
        Barbara Gibson and Zhu Hua

        13 The Matched-Guise Technique 196
        Ruth Kircher

        14 Discourse Completion Tasks 212
        Emma Sweeney and Zhu Hua

        15 The Critical Incident Technique 223
        Helen Spencer-Oatey and Claudia Harsch

        16 Ethnography 239
        Jane Jackson

        17 Virtual Ethnography 255
        Aoife Lenihan and Helen Kelly-Holmes

        18 Multimodality 268
        Agnieszka Lyons

        19 Critical Discourse Analysis 281
        John P. O’Regan and Anne Betzel

        20 Conversation Analysis 297
        Adam Brandt and Kristian Mortensen

        21 Corpus Analysis 311
        Michael Handford

        22 Narrative Analysis 327
        Anna De Fina

        Index 343

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