Silence in intercultural communication : perceptions and performance / Ikuko Nakane.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and indexes.

Silence in Intercultural Communication; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Transcription conventions; 1. Introduction; 2. A review of silence in intercultural communication; 3. The sociocultural context; 4. Perceptions of silence; 5. Performance and perceptions of silence; 6. Re-interpreting silence in intercultural communication; References; appendix 1; appendix 2; appendix 3; appendix 4; appendix 5; appendix 6; Author index; Subject index; The Pragmatics & Beyond New Series.

How and why is silence used interculturally? Approaching the phenomenon of silence from multiple perspectives, this book shows how silence is used, perceived and at times misinterpreted in intercultural communication. Using a model of key aspects of silence in communication - linguistic, cognitive and sociopsychological - and fundamental levels of social organization - individual, situational and sociocultural - the book explores the intricate relationship between perceptions and performance of silence in interaction involving Japanese and Australian participants. Through a combination of macr.

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