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1. Introduction, Helen Spencer-Oatey (University of Warwick, UK)
I: Basic Concepts
Editor's Introduction
2. Face, (Im)Politeness and Rapport, Helen Spencer-Oatey (University of Warwick, UK)
3. Culture and Communication, Vladimir |egarac (University of Bedfordshire, UK)
II: Cross-cultural Pragmatics: Empirical Studies
Editor's Introduction
4. Apologies in Japanese and English, Noriko Tanaka, Helen Spencer-Oatey and Ellen Cray (University of Warwick, UK, Carleton University, Canada and Meikai University, Japan)
5. British and Chinese Reactions to Compliment Responses, Helen Spencer-Oatey, Patrick Ng and Li Dong (University of Warwick, UK, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China and Translation Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University, China)
6. Interactional Work in Greek and German Telephone Conversations, Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Suggestions for Further Reading for Part II
III: Processes in Intercultural Interaction
Editor's Introduction
7.Pragmatic Transfer, Vladimir |egarac and Martha C. Pennington (University of Bedfordshire, UK and Georgia Southern University, USA)
8.Communication Accommodation Theory, Virpi Ylaenne (Cardiff University, UK)
9. Adaptation and Identity, Martin FougAre (Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland) IV: Intercultural Pragmatics: Empirical Studies
Editor's Introduction
10. Negotiating Rapport in German-Chinese Conversation, Susanne Guenthner (Westfaelische Wilhelms-University in Muenster, Germany)
11. Negative Assessments in Japanese-American Workplace Interaction, Laura Miller (Loyola University Chicago, USA)12. Impression Management in 'Intercultural' German Job Interviews, Karin Birkner and Friederike Kern (University of Freiburg, Germany and University of Potsdam, Germany)
13. Issues of Face in a Chinese Business Visit to Britain, Helen Spencer-Oatey and Jianyu Xing (University of Warwick, UK and University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China)
Suggestions for Further Reading for Part IV
V: Methodology
Editor's Introduction
14. Data Collection in Pragmatics Research, Gabriele Kasper (University of Hawai'i at Manoa, USA)
15. Recording and Analysing Talk across Cultures, Meredith Marra (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
16. Projects, Helen Spencer-Oatey (University of Warwick, UK)
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