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Publication details [#51330]
Okamura, Akiko. 2009. Do English speakers address their Japanese colleagues by their first name, while talking in English in Japan? Multilingua 28 (4) : 355–377.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study demonstrates that English speakers, addressing their Japanese colleagues at work, in English, in Japan, often accommodate their address forms to local norms, and to their Japanese colleagues' English proficiency level, in order to establish solidarity in a cross-cultural business context.