Silence and politeness in intercultural communication in university seminars

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1811-1835

  Nakane, Ikuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian English; Intercultural communication; Japanese; politeness; Silence; University seminars

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747804934     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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