Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-143) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction; 1 Cultures in Conversation: Ethnographic Explorations of Intercultural Communication; 2 Conversation as a Culturally Rich Phenomenon; 3 Silence and Third-Party Introductions: USAmerican and Finnish Dialogue (with Saila Poutiainen); 4 "Superficial Americans" and "Silent Finns": Finnish and USAmerican Cultures in Social Interaction; 5 "Self," "Soul," and "Sex": Russian and USAmerican Cultures in a Televised Conversation.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This text introduces readers to the ethnographic study of intercultural and social interactions through the analysis of conversations in which different cultural orientations are operating.
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Title
Cultures in conversation.
International Standard Book Number
0805852344
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Conversation analysis.
Intercultural communication.
Conversation analysis.
Discourse analysis.
Diskursanalyse
Intercultural communication.
Interculturele communicatie.
Konversationsanalyse
Kulturkontakt
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Communication Studies.