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 | | Crosstalk and Culture in Sino-American Communication (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics) by Linda W. L. Young, John Gumperz (Foreword) ISBN-10: 9780521416191 ISBN-10: 0-521-41619-1 ISBN-13: 9780521416191 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-41619-1 Hardcover 1994-06-24 Cambridge University Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Chinese and Americans often unwittingly communicate at cross-purposes because they are misled by the cultural trappings of talk. This book aims to clarify their misunderstandings by tracing the development of Chinese communicative strategies from Confucius to the boardrooms and streets of Hong Kong. Its formal analysis of taped interchanges and in-depth interviews reveals Chinese speakers' distinctive ways of communicating and relating, thus highlighting the pitfalls of hidden assumptions underlying talk. | ||
Book Description Chinese and Americans often unwittingly communicate at cross purposes because of the cultural trappings of talk. This book examines Chinese communicative strategies, with formal analysis of taped interchanges and in-depth interviews, to reveal speakers' distinctive ways of talking. | ||