| Description |
xv, 381 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Open linguistics series |
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Open linguistics series.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Language, Culture and Rapport Management / Helen Spencer-Oatey -- Pt. 1. Fundamental Conceptual Issues -- 2. Rapport Management: A Framework for Analysis / Helen Spencer-Oatey -- 3. Culture as an Explanatory Variable: Problems and Possibilities / Michael Harris Bond, Vladimir Zegarac and Helen Spencer-Oatey -- Pt. 2. Cross-Cultural Pragmatics Research: Empirical Studies -- 4. 'It's not my fault!': Japanese and English Responses to Unfounded Accusations / Noriko Tanaka, Helen Spencer-Oatey and Ellen Cray -- 5. Responding to Compliments: British and Chinese Evaluative Judgements / Helen Spencer-Oatey, Patrick Ng and Li Dong -- 6. Telephone Conversations in Greek and German: Attending to the Relationship Aspect of Communication / Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou -- Pt. 3. Intercultural Discourse: Analytic Models and Concepts -- 7. Understanding Misunderstanding: A Pragmatic-Discourse Approach to Analysing Mismanaged Rapport in Talk across Cultures / Juliane House -- 8. Pragmatic Transfer in Intercultural Communication / Vladimir Zegarac and Martha C. Pennington -- 9. Accommodation Theory: A Conceptual Resource for Intercultural Sociolinguistics / Virpi Ylanne-McEwen and Nikolas Coupland -- Pt. 4. Intercultural Discourse: Empirical Studies -- 10. Argumentation and Resulting Problems in the Negotiation of Rapport in a German-Chinese Conversation / Susanne Gunthner -- 11. Negative Assessments in Japanese-American Workplace Interaction / Laura Miller -- 12. Impression Management in East and West German Job Interviews / Karin Birkner and Friederike Kern -- 13. A Problematic Chinese Business Visit to Britain: Issues of Face / Helen Spencer-Oatey and Jianyu Xing -- Pt. 5. Methodological Issues -- 14. Methodological Issues in Conducting Theory-Based Cross-Cultural Research / William B. Gudykunst -- 15. Data Collection in Pragmatics Research / Gabriele Kasper |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-369) and index |
| Subject |
Intercultural communication.
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Interpersonal relations.
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Language and culture.
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| Author |
Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 1952-
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| LC no. |
99049356 |
| ISBN |
0304704369 (hbk.) |
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0304704377 (paperback) |
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0826466362 (paperback) |
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