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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811381203321

Titolo

Cross-culturally speaking, speaking cross-culturally / / edited by Bert Peeters, Kerry Mullan and Christine Béal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-5527-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PeetersBert

MullanKerry

BéalChristine

Disciplina

303.482

Soggetti

Intercultural communication

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

part one. Cross-cultural encounters -- part two. Cross-cultural comparisons -- part three. Helping the cross-cutural learner.

Sommario/riassunto

Did you know that, to get a job in Australia, it is important to use the right balance of informal and formal language during the interview? Did you know that student advising in Wu Chinese (spoken around Shanghai) is not a face-threatening activity, contrary to general perceptions about the nature of advice giving? Did you know that the use of minimal eye contact and flat intonation by Japanese speakers is interpreted by native English speakers as a lack of interest and willingness to commun...