Getting Through: The Pleasures and Perils of Cross-Cultural Communication

by Roger J. Kreuz, Richard M. Roberts, Richard Roberts

Book Overview

Understanding how culture affects the ways we communicate--how we tell jokes, greet, ask questions, hedge, apologize, compliment, and so much more.

We can learn to speak other languages, but do we truly understand what we are saying? How much detail should we offer when someone asks how we are? How close should we stand to our conversational partners? Is an invitation genuine or just pro forma? So much of communication depends on culture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262036312
• ISBN13: 9780262036313
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher