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Title Cross-culturally Speaking, Speaking Cross-culturally / edited by Bert Peeters, Kerry Mullan and Christine Béal
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 265 pages)
Contents Table of contents; introduction; part i; chapter one; chapter two; part two; chapter three; chapter four; chapter five; part three; chapter six; chapter seven; chapter eight; index
Summary 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 ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Intercultural communication.
Interpersonal communication.
Competence and performance (Linguistics)
Language.
Linguistics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Competence and performance (Linguistics)
Intercultural communication
Interpersonal communication
Form Electronic book
Author Peeters, Bert, 1960- editor.
Mullan, Kerry, editor
Béal, Christine, editor
ISBN 9781443855273
1443855278