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Hecht, Michael L.; And Others – 1993
This book addresses African American identity and communication and articulates how African Americans define themselves and membership in their group as well as how they percent intra- and inter-ethnic communication. Communication is viewed as a socially constructed process that revolves around membership in ethnic cultures. They explicate core…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Blacks, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Groups
Download full textLongcope, Peter – University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1995
A 1978 theory of politeness based on the concept of "face" (public self-image) and proposed at the time as comprehensive and universal, is examined in the context of more recent research. The theory holds that everyone has both negative and positive face, both of which are threatened by another at times, and that individuals will choose…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context, Cultural Traits
