Understanding in intercultural encounters

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Intercultural and international communication 1
5. How much culture is there in intercultural communication? 13
6. Accident and method in the study of intercultural communication 33
7. Understanding in intercultural encounters 51
8. Talking a person into interethnic distinction 91
9. Verbal listening behavior in conversations between Japanese and Americans 111
10. Fieldword as a form of intercultural communication 131
11. Intercultural dimensions of pragmatics in film synchronisation 145
12. Objevtivism in pragmatics as a hindrance to intercultural communication 163
13. Foreigner talk revisited 173
14. A pragmatic perspective on international communication 187
15. References 211
16. Index of names 233
17. Index of subjects 239