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Publication details [#30417]

Gumperz, John J. and Jenny Cook-Gumperz. 2002. Narrative Accounts in Gatekeeping Interviews: Intercultural Differences or Common Misunderstandings?. Language and Intercultural Communication 2 (1) : 25–36.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

gatekeeping encounter | interaction | language and culture | narrative dialogue

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Annotation

This paper compares native and non-native English-speaking candidates' narrative strategies in gatekeeping interviews, aimed at demonstrating their suitability for a position, and examines how culturally based differences in communicative background affect the interactive conduct.