Group face in Korea and the United States: Taking responsibility for the individual and the group

Multilingua

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-70

  Hahn, Jee Won ^a   Hatfield, Hunter ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

(im)politeness; Apologies; Collectivism; Discourse Completion Task; Interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959951405     PISSN: 01678507     EISSN: 16133684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mult.2011.003     Document Type: Review

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