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In:The Pragmatics of International and Intercultural Communication: Selected papers from the International Pragmatics Conference, Antwerp, August 1987
Edited by Jan Blommaert † and Jef Verschueren
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 6:3] 1991
► pp. v–vi

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Published online: 12 November 1991

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Table of contents

Prefacevii

Intercultural and international communication: Introduction1

Jef Verschueren

How much culture is there in intercultural communication?13

Accident and method in the study of intercultural communication: Colonial description os Swahili in the former Belgian Congo33

Johannes Fabian

Understanding in intercultural encounters51

John J. Gumperz

Talking a person into interethnic distinction: A discourse analytic case study91

Volker Hinnenkamp

Verbal listening behavior in conversations between Japanese and Americans111

Fieldword as a form of intercultural communication131

Intercultural dimensions of pragmatics in film synchronisation145

Susanne Niemeier

Objevtivism in pragmatics as a hindrance to intercultural communication163

Hans Julius Schneider

Foreigner talk revisited: Limits on accommodation to nonfluent speakers173

Nadia Scholnick

William Ray Smith

A pragmatic perspective on international communication187

Jef Verschueren

References211

Index of names233

Index of subjects239