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Crosstalk and culture in Sino-American communication / Linda W.L. Young.
- Title
- Crosstalk and culture in Sino-American communication / Linda W.L. Young.
- Author
- Young, Linda Wai Ling.
- Publication
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 215 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Chinese and Americans often unwittingly communicate at cross-purposes because they are misled by the cultural trappings of talk. This book aims to clarify their misunderstandings by examining their different ideals and strategies of talk. It draws on cultural, philosophical, and linguistic insights and traces the development of Chinese communicative strategies from Confucius through the "eight-legged essay" to the boardrooms and streets of Hong Kong. Its formal analysis of taped interchanges and in-depth interviews reveals Chinese speakers' distinctive ways of communicating and relating. Crosstalk and culture in Sino-American communication will alert people to the pitfalls of cultural misunderstandings and the hidden assumptions and expectations underlying talk.
- Series Statement
- Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 10
- Uniform Title
- Studies in interactional sociolinguistics 10.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Electronic books
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword / John J. Gumperz -- 1. The Ps and cues of Chinese inscrutability -- 2. Deceptive cause -- 3. Missing links -- 4. Backforwardly speaking -- 5. Effacing talk -- 6. Mistaking turns -- 7. Parting words.
- ISBN
- 0521416191
- LCCN
- ^^^93003980^
- OCLC
- 27975845
- SCSB-10418834
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library