Intercultural Communication
Subtitle: A Discourse Approach (Language in Society)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: December 1, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780631224181
First sentence: In a business meeting between Hong Kong Chinese and Anglo-North American businessmen, one of the Chinese businessmen might say the following: Because most of our production is done in China now, and uh, it's not really certain how the government will react in the run-up to 1997, and since I think a certain amount of caution in committing to TV advertisement is necessary because of the expense.
Description: "This volume is both a lively introduction and practical guide to the main concepts and problems of intercultural communication. Viewed from within the framework of interactive sociolinguistics associated with Tannen, Gumperz, and others, the authors focus in particular on the discourse of westerners and of Asians, the discourse of men and women, corporate discourse and the discourse of professional organizations, and intergenerational discourse."--Jacket.