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We have mentioned a number of times in this book that personal disadvantage can occur through intercultural interaction. It can be closely linked to people’s use of language, but it can also involve other issues such as stereotyping and prejudice. In this chapter, we focus directly on such concerns. All of the intercultural competencies we have explored in Chapters 4 and 5 play an important role in this.
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Spencer-Oatey, H., Franklin, P. (2009). Confronting Disadvantage and Domination in Intercultural Interaction. In: Intercultural Interaction. Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230244511_6
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