Suzanne Wong‐scollon
Biographic Data
| ID | 99517 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suzanne Wong‐scollon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suzanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong‐scollon |
| SIGNATURE | SCOLLON S W |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Postal Service |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Topic confusion in English-Asian discourse
Most communication between Asians and Westerners takes place in English. This misleads us into believing that little translation work is required for East and West to understand each other. Nevertheless, when speakers of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese use English there is a tendency for them to introduce topics in ways which are unexpected from the point of view of English-speaking Westerners. The Asian inductive, or delayed, introduction of topic…
Topic confusion in English-Asian discourse
Most communication between Asians and Westerners takes place in English. This misleads us into believing that little translation work is required for East and West to understand each other. Nevertheless, when speakers of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese use English there is a tendency for them to introduce topics in ways which are unexpected from the point of view of English-speaking Westerners. The Asian inductive, or delayed, introduction of topic…
Topic confusion in English-Asian discourse
Most communication between Asians and Westerners takes place in English. This misleads us into believing that little translation work is required for East and West to understand each other. Nevertheless, when speakers of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese use English there is a tendency for them to introduce topics in ways which are unexpected from the point of view of English-speaking Westerners. The Asian inductive, or delayed, introduction of topic…
Blame (1 works) · China (1 works) · Confusion (1 works) · Conversation (1 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (1 works) · East Asia (1 works) · History (1 works) · History (1 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (1 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (1 works)