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"Thetheoreticaldiscussionsareexcellent.TheScollonsprovideauniquecombinationofalltheessentialtopiesincross-culturalcommunication,asophisticatedandoriginaltheoreticalframework,andanunusuallywell-organizedandconcisepresentationofthematerial.Thebookinextrmelywellwritten:itiscleaarandfulloftellingexamples.Icantimagineabettertreatmentofthetopic.DeboranTannen,GeorgetownUniversity."TheScollonsmixcontemporarylinguisticanthropologywithmodernconcernsoverinterculturalcommunicationandforgeacreative,importantblend.Theirlivelyandaccessibleapproachwillenlightenanyonewholivesandworksinourculturallydiverseworld,MichaelAgar,UniversityofMaryland.Thisvolumeisalivelyintroductionandpracticalguidetothemainconceptsandprincipalproblemsofinterculturalcommunication.ViewedfromwithintheframeworkofinteractivesociolinguisticsassociatedwithTannen,Gumperz,andothers,theauthorsfocusinparticularonthediscourseofAsiansandofwestemers,thediscourseofmenandwomen,corporatediscourseandthediscourseofprofessionalorganizations,andintergenerationaldiscourse.Whilemakinguseofresearchinpragmatics,discourseanalysisorganizationalcommunication,socialpsychology,andtheethnographyofcommunication,thisbookpresentsstudents,researchers,andpractitionerswithacomprehensiveandunifiedframeworkfortheanalysisofdiscourse.RonScollonandsuzannewongscollonhavewrittenextensivelyoncross-culturalcommunication,fromacademicpositionsinNorthamericanuniversitiesaswellasinTaiwan.southKorea,andHongKong,andinconsultancieswithoverfiftygovernmentalandcorporateorganizationsinNorthAmericaandAsia.Theirbook.Narrative,LiteracyandFaceinInterethniccommunication,basprovedtobefoundationalbothwithinacademicstudiesofinterculturaldiscourseandwithincorporateorinstitutionaltrainingprograms.TheauthorsarecurentlyLecturersinenglishatthecityUniversityofHongKong.