Backchannel Responses as Misleading Feedback in Intercultural Discourse

Journal of Intercultural Communication Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-116

  Li, Han Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backchannel Responses; Communication Accommodation Theory; Intercultural Communication; Intercultural Training; Nonverbal Communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849001060     PISSN: 17475759     EISSN: 17475767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17475750600909253     Document Type: Article

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