Table of contents
Introduction
Part I. Language, biology and culture: The crucial debate
Minds in Uniform: How generative linguistics regiments culture and why it shouldn't
The sociobiology of language
Part II. Theoretical positions
Some general thoughts about linguistic typology and dialogue linguistics
Intercultural dialogue and academic discourse
The speech act of refusals within the minimal action game: A comparative study of German and Japanese
Gestural regulators in French, Japanese and American English dialogues
Quantity scales towards culture-specific profiles of discourse norms
Part III. Empirically oriented studies of the 'mixed game': Specific action games, politeness and selected verbal means of communication
Dialogue interpreting as intercultural mediation: An analysis in health care multicultural settings
Cultural differences in the speech act of greeting
Refusals and politeness in directive action games: Cultural differences between Korean and German
How diplomatic can a language be? The unwritten rules in a language: An analysis of spoken Sinhala
Cultural values and their hierarchies in everyday discourse
Cultural and contextual constraints in communication
General index
List of contributors
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