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Publication details [#27031]

Halmari, Helena. 1993. Intercultural business telephone conversations: A case of Finns vs. Anglo-Americans. Applied Linguistics 14 (4) : 408–430.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN
0142-6001

Annotation

This analysis of Finnish-Finnish and Finnish-American business telephone conversations identifies various intercultural differences: Finnish-speakers emphasize the non-topical element, English-speakers focus on the business episode; the 'how are you' sequence is an element of formal opening for English-speakers, an introduction to non-topical sequence for Finnish-speakers; and English-speakers tend to interrupt more than Finns.