Talking at cross-purposes: Misunderstanding in intercultural communication

Cultural Diversity and the Empowerment of Minorities: Perspectives from Israel and Germany

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 41-58

  House, Juliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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