Silence in intercultural communication perceptions and performance /

How and why is silence used interculturally? Approaching the phenomenon of silence from multiple perspectives, this book shows how silence is used, perceived and at times misinterpreted in intercultural communication. Using a model of key aspects of silence in communication - linguistic, cognitive a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nakane, Ikuko.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 166.
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