Publications

Publication details [#60188]

Yates, Lynda. 2015. Intercultural communication and the transnational: managing impressions at work. Multilingua 34 (6) : 773–795.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | intercultural communication | interlanguage | language and culture | workplace conversation

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/MULT/html

Annotation

Using novel research into the claims of two divergent professions, childcare and medicine, this paper reviews some of the issues faced by transnationals in Australia, trying to learn both the language and the professional and community cultures underpinning workplace talk.