Publications

Publication details [#58078]

Vargas-Urpi, Mireia. 2013. Coping with Nonverbal Communication in Public Service Interpreting with Chinese Immigrants. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 42 (4) : 340–360.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

emotion | face-to-face interaction | immigrant | interpreting | non-verbal behavior

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper discusses how nonverbal communication (especially smile and eye contact absence) influences interpreter-moderated interactions between Chinese immigrants and local public service providers in Catalonia.