Culture, positive and negative face threats, and apology intentions

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-262

  Park, Hee Sun ^a   Guan, Xiaowen ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apology; China; Culture; Face; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449106606     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X09335249     Document Type: Article

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