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Tannen, Deborah – 1979
The relationship of one aspect of conversational style, the degree of directness in the sending and interpretation of messages, to ethnicity was investigated in a comparison of the communication styles of Greeks and Americans. It was hypothesized that Greeks tend to be more indirect in speech than Americans, and that English speakers of Greek…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Ethnicity, Intercultural Communication