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American and Japanese business discourse : a comparison of interactional styles

Title
American and Japanese business discourse : a comparison of interactional styles / Haru Yamada.
Author
  • 山田, 春.
  • Yamada, Haru.
Publication
Norwood, N.J. : Ablex Pub., ©1992.

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Description
xxi, 175 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Advances in discourse processes ; v. 45
Uniform Title
Advances in discourse processes ; v. 45.
Subject
  • Business communication > Cross-cultural studies
  • Oral communication > Cross-cultural studies
  • Business communication > United States
  • Business communication > Japan
  • Business communication
  • Oral communication
  • Führungskraft
  • Gesprächsführung
  • Mündliche Kommunikation
  • Amerikanisches Englisch
  • Japanisch
  • Interculturele communicatie
  • Taalgebruik
  • Bedrijven
  • Japan
  • United States
  • USA
  • USA
  • Amerikanisches Englisch
  • Japanisch
Genre/Form
Cross-cultural studies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Interactional Understanding from the Native's Point of View. Interactional Sociolinguistics. The Model: Cross-Talk. Motivating Forces: Interactional Context. Conclusion -- 2. Interactional Expectations: Within-Group Independence and Nonconfrontation. Interactive Expectations. The Individual and the Group. Talk and Silence. Double Binds. Expectations for Business Interaction. Expectations, Native Strategies, and Cross-Cultural Communication -- 3. Do-It-Yourself Versus Preludes and Postludes: Opening and Shifting Strategies in Topic Margins. The American Topic-Opening Strategy. The Japanese Topic-Opening Strategy. Topic Shifts. Conclusion -- 4. Talk in Topics: Lines of Logic and Circles of Relationships Continued. Talk Distribution: Autonomy Versus Interdependence. Point Making. Conclusion -- 5. Finding the Place to Express Support: Back-Channles[sic]. Back-Channels as Supportive Behavior. Back-Channels in the Intracultural Meetings. Back-Channels and Cross-Cultural Communication. Conclusion -- 6. Future Studies in Cross-Cultural Communication and Conversational Strategies.
ISBN
  • 0893918008
  • 9780893918002
LCCN
91031749
OCLC
  • ocm24318164
  • 24318164
  • SCSB-1942625
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library