Recommended by: Manisha Shelat

Content:

Face, (im)politeness and rapport / Helen Spencer-Oatey
Culture and communication / Vladimir Zegarac
Apologies in Japanese and English / Noriko Tanaka, Helen Spencer-Oatey and Ellen Cray
British and Chinese reactions to compliment responses / Helen Spencer-Oatey, Patrick Ng and Li Dong
Interactional work in Greek and German telephone conversations / Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou
Pragmatic transfer / Vladimir Zegarac and Martha C. Pennington
Communication accommodation theory / Virpi Ylanne
Adaptation and identity / Martin Fougere
Negotiating rapport in German-Chinese conversation / Susanne Gunthner
Negative assessments in Japanese-American workplace interaction / Laura Miller
Impression Management in 'intercultural' German job interviews / Karin Birkner and Friederike Kern
Issues of face in a Chinese business visit to Britain / Helen Spencer-Oatey and Jianyu Xing
Data collection in pragmatics research / Gabriele Kasper
Recording and analysing talk across cultures / Meredith Marra
Projects / Helen Spencer-Oatey