Abstract
Interactions are central means to the construction of gender identities. The interactive construction of gender differences has become the analytical focus of much empirical research in the US as well as in Europe during the last 15 years. This paper focuses on gender in intercultural communication. On the basis of interactions between Chinese and German participants I discuss the following aspects: Can we find any gender-linked differences between the communicative strategies of the Chinese and those of the German speakers? To what extent does gender interact with other identity factors such as social role or ethnicity? Is gender a dominant category and thus relevant in all situations? The study reported here is oriented to the interrelation of cultural, social and gender differences and their interactive construction. The analytic methods used are based on the ethnographically oriented micro-analysis of interaction and interpretative sociolinguistics (Gumperz, 1982).
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