4. Cross-Cultural Contrasts

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Foreword and acknowledgements vii
3. Table of contents ix
4. List of figures, tables, diagrams xi
5. 1. Japanese Sociolinguistics - with Special Reference to Western Research 1
6. 2. The Ethnography of Ritual and Address at a Japanese Wedding Reception 33
7. 3. Speaking of Giving 57
8. 4. Cross-Cultural Contrasts 79
9. Appendix: Background notes on Japanese concepts of family and marriage 119
10. Footnotes 121
11. References 135