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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462464203321

Autore

Gass Susan M

Titolo

Interlanguage refusals [[electronic resource] ] : a cross-cultural study of Japanese-English / / Susan M. Gass and Noël Houck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1999

ISBN

3-11-080987-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Collana

Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] ; ; 15

Altri autori (Persone)

HouckNöel <1942->

Disciplina

428/.0071

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - Japanese speakers

English language - Grammar, Comparative - Japanese

Japanese language - Grammar, Comparative - English

Interlanguage (Language learning)

Intercultural communication

Speech acts (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1. The study of refusals -- Chapter 2. Issues of methodology -- Chapter 3. Episodes -- Chapter 4. Non-native management of back channels in English refusals -- Chapter 5. Nonverbal behavior in non-native English refusals -- Chapter 6. Pragmatic communication strategies -- Chapter 7. Searching for common ground -- Chapter 8. Language use and language learning -- Chapter 9. Epilogue -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Subject index -- Author index -- Back matter