Communicative Styles of Japanese and Americans: Images and Realities

Agnes M. Niyekawa, Dean C. Barnlund

Modern Language Journal · 1990 · 143 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Images of the twentieth century. The changing context of communication. Exploring social space: Japan and the United States. A world of strangers. Profiles of intimacy. Intimacy: its verbal dimension. Intimacy: its nonverbal dimensions. Commitment, conflict, integration. The vital connection: Images and realities. Appendix for the specialist. References. Index.