The concept of self and apology strategies in two cultures

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-24

  Okumura, Keiko ^a   Wei, Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apology; British; Japanese; Self; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989375659     PISSN: 09576851     EISSN: 15699838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/japc.10.1.02oku     Document Type: Article

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