Download or read book Getting Through written by Roger Kreuz and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Getting Through, Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts offer a guide to understanding and being understood in different cultures. Drawing on research from psychology, linguistics, sociology, and other fields, as well as personal experience, anecdotes, and popular culture, Kreuz and Roberts describe cross-cultural communication in terms of pragmatics -- exploring how language is used and not just what words mean"--