Chapter 1 lntroduction
1.1 Rationale of the Study
1.2 Reseach Objectives
1.3 Methodology and Data for the Research
1.4 The Organization of the Book
Chapter 2 Towards an Umderstanding of Indirect and Discourse Organixation Styles
2.2 The Theory or Pragmatic Relativity and Diversity
2.3 The Study of Interaction and Discourse Organization styles
2.4 Theories of Culture:A Theoretical Variabl
Chapter 3 Variations of Pragmatic Conventions between/among
3.1 Introducfitm
3.2 Pragmatic Relativity and Pragmatic Diversity
3.3 Pragmatic Transfer,Pragmatic Conventions,and Pragmatic Failure
3.4 Consequences of Diversity of Pragmatic Conventions between Cultures
3.5 Indirect and Direct Interaction and Discourse Styles as Pragmatic Conventions
Chapter 4 Indirect vs.Direct Interaction Styles
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Indirect vs.Direct Interaction Styles
4.3 Indirect vs.Direct Facework Strategies
Chapter 5 Indirect vs.Direct Styles in Discourse Organization
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Indirect vs.Driect Discourse Organizations
5.3 Argument Styles
Chapter 6 Treating Culture as a Theoretial Variable
6.1 Introduction
6.2 A Framework for Explaining the Differences in Interaction and Discortse Organization
6.3 Differences in Concept of Self and Self-Expressions in Chinese and American Cultures
6.4 Culture-Specific Pragmatic and Disourse Conventions
Chapter 7 Conclusion and Suggestion
7.1 Summty of Major Findings and Contributions
7.2 Implications and Applications
7.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research
Appendics
Bibliography