German-Chinese interactions differences in contextualization conventions and resulting miscommunication

Günthner, Susanne

doi:10.1075/prag.3.3.02gun

Article published In: Pragmatics
Vol. 3:3 (1993) ► pp.283–304

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German-Chinese interactions differences in contextualization conventions and resulting miscommunication

Susanne Günthner

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Published online: 1 September 1993

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