Interruption and Involvement in Discourse: Can Intercultural Interlocutors be Trained?

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____________________________________ Han Z. Li (Ph.D. University of Victoria, 1994) is an Associate Professor at the University of Northern British Columbia, Young-ok Yum (Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 2000), is an Assistant Professor at Kansas State University, Robin Yates (Bsc. University of Northern British Columbia, 2004) is a master’s candidate at the University of Victoria, Laura Aguilera (Msc. University of Northern British Columbia, 2005) is doctoral candidate at the University of Northern Britsh Columbia, Ying Mao (M.A. Hebei University, 1998) & Yue Zheng (M.A. Hebei University, 1999) are Lecturers at Heibei University. Please send correspondence to Dr. Han Li, Dept. of Psychology, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, B.C. V2N 4Z9, Canada. Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; E-mail: [e-mail] research was supported by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada awarded to the first author. The authors would like to thank Chenoa Ryks and Anna Jewulski for assistance in various stages of this research; and all the participants, for their time and efforts in making this study possible. We would like to thank Editor Neuliep and the two anonymous reviewers for insightful comments on an early version of the manuscript. Interruption and Involvement in Discourse: Can Intercultural Interlocutors be Trained?