Publications

Publication details [#27816]

Spencer-Oatey, Helen. 2000. Culturally speaking: Managing rapport through talk across cultures. Continuum. 381 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

crosscultural context | expectation | face maintenance | intercultural communication | language and culture

ISBN

0-304-704-36-9

Annotation

This book deals with intercultural communication challenges due to cultural differences in norms and expectations surrounding the social hazards of embarrassment, insult and face loss.

Reviewed by

Thompson, R. Bruce and Harriet Tenenbaum. 2002. Review of $Culturally speaking: Managing rapport through talk across cultures.