Doing interpreting within interaction: The interactive accomplishment of a ''Henna Gaijin'' or ''Strange Foreigner''

Journal/Book: Hum Stud. 1999; 22: Spuiboulevard 50, PO Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, Netherlands. Kluwer Academic Publ. 235-251.

Abstract: The aims of this paper are: (1) to criticize the traditional conception of understanding in sociology; (2) to show how doing interpreting is achieved within the activity the participant is currently involved in; (3) to show how an individual's special characteristics, e.g., a ''strange foreigner,'' are constructed and used within the actual trajectory of interaction; and (4) to demonstrate how the participants in the so-called intercultural communication 'do cultural differences' within interaction.

Note: Article Nishizaka A, Meiji Gakuin Univ, Dept Sociol, Minato Ku, Tokyo 1088636, JAPAN

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