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  1. Why we react (positively or negatively) to what others say or do

    Article • Journal of Pragmatics, July 2025, Elsevier

    Helen Spencer-Oatey

  2. Metapragmatic comments on relating across cultures

    Article • Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), November 2020, John Benjamins

    Helen Spencer-Oatey

  3. Culture, Context, and Concerns About Face: Synergistic Insights From Pragmatics and Social Psychology

    Article • Journal of Language and Social Psychology, July 2019, SAGE Publications

    Helen Spencer-Oatey

  4. What Is Integration and Why Is It Important for Internationalization? A Multidisciplinary Review

    Article • Journal of Studies in International Education, April 2019, SAGE Publications

    Helen Spencer-Oatey

  5. Transformative learning for social integration: overcoming the challenge of greetings

    Article • Intercultural Education, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Helen Spencer-Oatey

  6. The bases of (im)politeness evaluations: Culture, the moral order and the East–West debate

    Article • East Asian Pragmatics, November 2015, Equinox Publishing

    Helen Spencer-Oatey

  7. Conceptualizing mindfulness–mindlessness in intercultural interaction

    Article • International Journal of Language and Culture, August 2014, John Benjamins

    Helen Spencer-Oatey, Ema Ushioda

  8. Culture and rapport promotion in service encounters

    Article • Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, October 2004, John Benjamins

    Helen Spencer-Oatey

  9. Reconsidering Chinese modesty

    Article • Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, December 2001, John Benjamins

    Helen Spencer-Oatey