Helen Fitzgerald Unisex Multicolor How Different Are We? : Spoken Discourse In Intercultural

Name: Helen Fitzgerald Unisex Multicolor How Different Are We? : Spoken Discourse In Intercultural
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Helen FitzGerald

How Different are We?Spoken Discourse in Intercultural Communication\nAuthor(s): Helen FitzGerald\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Channel View Publications Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Multilingual Matters\nISBN-13: 9781853596193, 978-1853596193\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the influence of cultural values and communication styles on intercultural communication and demonstrates how training can develop intercultural communication competencies. A large number of interactions between well-educated immigrants from all continents and from more than a hundred countries, together with some including native speakers, are examined and participants answers to questionnaires compared with their actual communicative behaviour. The author raises questions of interest to many groups: linguists, educators, business people and sociologists. Which values are most salient and enduring, and which cause clashes between cultural groups? To what extent do people retain the communication style identified?