Publications

Publication details [#65317]

Bresnahan, Mary Jiang and Yi Zhu. 2018. Collective Face, Politeness Strategies, and Discomfort: Communication of American Domestic Students and Chinese International Students. Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 47 (2) : 141–159.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communication | face maintenance | intercultural communication | politeness | student

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This inquiry explored how American domestic students and Chinese international students replied to a scenario of feat flop by a friend whose membership differs across conditions. The inquiry evaluated collective face, politeness strategies, and partakers’ uneasiness feelings.