Intercultural conversation /

This innovative study of naturally-occurring English conversations between Hong Kong Chinese and their native English friends and colleagues makes a worthwhile contribution to the research literature on intercultural conversation. Through analyzing dyadic intercultural conversations, the study inves...

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Main Author: Cheng, Winnie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2003.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:1423766520
9781423766520
9027295735
9789027295736
ISSN:0922-842X ;
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intercultural Conversation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Transcription notation; 1 Communication across cultures; 2 Literature review and descriptive framework; 3 Research methodology and data collection; 4 Preference organization; 5 Compliments and compliment responses; 6 Simultaneous talk; 7 Discourse topic management; 8 Discourse information structure; 9 Conclusion; References; Authors index; Subject index; The PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.