Scollor Ron, Wong Scollon Suzanne. Intercultural Communication: A Discourse Approach

Second Edition. — Blackwell, 2000. — xvi, 316 pages. — (Language in Society). — ISBN: 0-631-22417-3; 0-631-22418-1This newly revised volume is both a lively introduction and practical guide to the main concepts and problems of intercultural communication. Viewed from within the framework of interactive sociolinguistics associated with Tannen, Gumperz, and others, the authors focus in particular on the discourse of westerners and of Asians, the discourse of men and women, corporate discourse and the discourse of professional organizations, and intergenerational discourse.