Scollon, Ronald, 1939-

Narrative, literacy, and face in interethnic communication / by Ron Scollon and Suzanne B.K. Scollon. - xiv, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Advances in discourse processes, v. 7 0164-0224 ; . - Advances in discourse processes ; v. 7. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index.

Discrimination in Interethnic Communication -- The Centrality of Communicative Style -- Athabaskan-English Interethnic Communication -- Discourse and Reality Set in Interethnic Communication -- The Modern Consciousness and Literacy -- The Literate Two-Year-Old: The Fictionalization of Self -- The Bush Consciousness and Oral Narrative Discourse -- Abstracting Themes: A Chipewyan Two-Year-Old -- Face and Cultural Pluralism -- Discourse as Politeness Phenomena -- Cross-System Interaction, Ethnicity, and Communicative Pluralism.

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Intercultural communication
Interpersonal communication--Alaska
Athapascan Indians--Languages--Social aspects.
Indians of North America--Languages--Social aspects.

PM641 / .S3 1981

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