Speech Acts Across Cultures challenges to communication in a second language

This book investigates the notion of Speech Acts from a cross-cultural perspective. The starting point for this book is the assumption that speech acts are realized from culture to culture in different ways and that these differences may result in communication difficulties that range from the humor...

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Other Authors: Gass, Susan M. 1950- (Editor), Neu, Joyce 1956- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Mounton de Gruyter 1995
Series:Studies on language acquisition v.11
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