Ron Scollon & Suzanne Wong Scollon 
Intercultural Communication 
A Discourse Approach

This newly revised edition is both a lively introduction and
practical guide to the main concepts and challenges of
intercultural communication. Grounded in interactional
sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, this work integrates
theoretical principles and methodological advice, presenting
students, researchers, and practitioners with a comprehensive and
unified resource.



* Features new original theory, expanded treatment of
generations, gender and corporate and professional discourse

* Offers improved organization and added features for
student and classroom use, including advice on research projects,
questions for discussion, and references at the end of each
chapter

* Extensively revised with newly added material on computer
mediated communication, sexuality and globalization

Sobre o autor

Ron Scollon (1939-2009) was a Professor of
Linguistics at Georgetown University. His publications
include Professional Communication in International
Settings, co-authored with Yuling Pan and Suzanne Wong Scollon
(Blackwell 2001), Discourses in Place: Language and the
Material World co-authored with Suzie Wong Scollon (2003),
and Nexus Analysis: Discourse and the Emerging
Internet co-authored with Suzie Wong Scollon (2004).

Suzanne Wong Scollon is an independent researcher in
the North Pacific Rim. She has written extensively on intercultural
communication, holding academic positions in North American
universities as well as in Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong. She
also acted as a consultant, along with Ron Scollon, with over fifty
governmental and corporate organizations in North America, Asia,
and Europe.

Rodney H. Jones is the Associate Head of the Department
of English at City University of Hong Kong. He has published widely
in international journals and is co-editor of Discourse in
Action: Introducing Mediated Discourse Analysis (with S. Norris
2005), Advances in Discourse Studies (with V. K.
Bhatia and J. Flowerdew 2007), and author of Noticing,
Exploring and Practicing: Functional Grammar in the ESL
Classroom (with G. Lock 2010), and Discourse Analysis:
A Resource Book for Students (2012).