Cultural linguistics and intercultural discourse

本项目将借鉴文化语言学的理论，为跨文化交际研究建立一个理论框架。文化语言学是语言学的一个新分支，迄今为止已被应用于研究单文化、单语言的数据。本研究将把该理论运用到一个重要的多元文化环境中，如澳大利亚。特别是，它将揭示不同文化背景的人之间沟通不畅的本质，这种沟通不畅往往会对人际关系造成严重损害。这将通过阐明人们在跨文化话语中所带来的文化建构的概念化来实现。

This project will develop a theoretical framework for the study of intercultural communication by drawing on the theory of cultural linguistics. Cultural linguistics is a recent sub-field of linguistics which has so far been applied to the study of mono-cultural, monolinguistic data. This study will bring the theory to examine discourse in a significant muli-cultural setting such as Australia. In particular, it will shed light on the nature of miscommunication between people of different cultural backgrounds, which has often led to serious damage to human relationships. This will be achieved by explicating the culturally-constructed conceptualizations that people bring to their intercultural discourse.