Speech Acts across Cultures: Challenges to Communication in a Second Language. Studies on Language Acquisition, 11.

Articles on speech acts and intercultural communication include: "Investigating the Production of Speech Act Sets" (Andrew Cohen); "Non-Native Refusals: A Methodological Perspective" (Noel Houck, Susan M. Gass); "Natural Speech Act Data versus Written Questionnaire Data: How Data Collection Method Affects Speech Act Performance" (Leslie M. Beebe, Martha Clark Cummings); "Cross-Cultural Realization of Greetings in American English" (Miriam Eistenstein Ebsworth, Jean W, Bodman, Mary Carpenter); "Egyptian and American Compliments: Focus on Second Language Learners" (Gayle L. Nelson, Waguida El Bakary, Mahmoud Al Batal); "Politeness Strategies in French and English" (Michael L. Geis, Linda L. Harlow); "Transfer and Proficiency in Interlanguage Apologizing" (Naoko Maeshiba, Naoko Yoshinaga, Gabriele Kasper, Steven Ross); "My Grade's Too Low: The Speech Act Set of Complaining" (Beth Murphy, Joyce Neu); "Ethnographic Interviewing as a Research Tool in Speech Act Analysis: The Case of Complaints" (Diana Boxer); "From the Addressee's Perspective: Imposition in Favor-Asking" (Myra Goldschmidt); "Transfer of Pragmatic Competence and Suggestions in Spanish Foreign Language Learning" (Dale April Koike); "Suggestions To Buy: Television Commercials from the U.S., Japan, China and Korea" (Richard Schmidt, Akihiko Shimura, Zhigang Wang, Hy-sook Jeong); and "Culture, Negotiations and International Cooperative Ventures" (John L. Graham). (MSE)