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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.
Subjects:
Intercultural communication > Japan.
Silence.
High school students > Japan.
Communication interculturelle > Japon.
Élèves du secondaire > Japon.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.
High school students.
Intercultural communication.
Interculturele communicatie.
Zwijgen.
Japanners.
Electronic books.
Japan.
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Summary: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 and sociopsychological - and fundamental levels of social organization - individual, situational and sociocultural - the book explores the intricate relationship between perceptions and performance of silence in interaction involving Japanese and Australian participants. Through a combination of macr.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 239 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027291776 (electronic bk.)
9027291772 (electronic bk.)
9789027254108 (hb : alk. paper)
9027254109 (hb : alk. paper)
ISSN:0922-842X ;

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