Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Volume 20, Issue 1 (2010)

2010. iv, 163 pp.

Publishing status: Available

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.20.1

Table of Contents

Articles
How much does parental language behaviour reflect their language beliefs in language maintenance? Shanjiang Yu	1–22
Effects of gender-identity and gender-congruence on levels of politeness among young Japanese and Koreans Katsuo Tamaoka, Hyunjung Lim Yamaguchi, Yayoi Miyaoka and Sachiko Kiyama	23–45
Kia ora matua: Humour and the Maori language in the workplace Julia de Bres, Janet Holmes, Meredith Marra and Bernadette Vine	46–68
Time to get up: Compliance-gaining in a Japanese eldercare facility Peter Backhaus	69–89
Effective intercultural communication: Research contributions from Thailand Rosechongporn Komolsevin, Thomas J. Knutson and Phan Datthuyawat	90–100
Face goals in apology: A cross-cultural comparison of Chinese and U.S. Americans Bing Han and Deborah A. Cai	101–123
Diglossia in East Asia Don Snow	124–151
Book Reviews
Review of Wu (2008): Discourses of Cultural China in the Globalizing Age Reviewed by Björn H. Jernudd	153–158
Review of Liu (2007): English Language Teaching in China: New Approaches, Perspectives and Standards Reviewed by Arthur C. Lau	159–162
Special thanks to our reviewers

Subjects

Communication Studies

Communication Studies

Linguistics

Afro-Asiatic languages

Altaic languages