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greetings in, 54, 107
independence in, 70–71
indirect communication in, 89
as an individualist culture, 42
informality in, 75–77
introductions in, 48, 100
leave-taking in, 54
legal system in, 49
as a low-context culture, 47
as a monochronic culture, 54–55
orientation to nature in, 35
personal space in, 26–27
persuasion in, 64
politeness in, 119
problem solving in, 78
resistance to idea of American culture in, 69–70
rudeness in, 91–92, 95, 97
self-reliance in, 70–71
time in, 53
travel guidebooks in, 33–34
work in, 75
American Sign Language (ASL), 3, 11, 59, 88, 93, 96, 98
back-channel feedback in, 196, 201
collective nouns in, 160
communicative style in, 65–66
Deaf people’s feelings about, 110–11
discourse style as compared to English, 195
as equalizing factor, 72
expansion features in, 65–66, 195
facial grammar in, 120
as a high-context language, 47–48
as an oppressed language, 110
pattern of starting with specific in, 63–64
reported speech in, 66
rhetorical forms of, 65–66, 195
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 14, 73, 172
Anthropology, 22
Arab culture
eye contact in, 31
lateness in, 53
personal space in, 26, 27

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