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Publication details [#14771]

Bailey, Benjamin. 1997. Communication of respect in interethnic service encounters. Language in Society 26 (3) : 327–356.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

interethnic communication | respect | service encounter

Language as a subject

English, African American Vernacular | Korean

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

0047-4045

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This article documents communicative practices in liquor store service encounters between immigrant Korean retailers and African American customers. It is shown how both parties perceive the interactional practices as disrespectful and racist, respectively.