跨文化交际

孙淑女 徐馨

目录

  • 1 Culture
    • 1.1 Definition of Culture
    • 1.2 Elements of culture
    • 1.3 Subculture/Co-culture
    • 1.4 Cultural identity
    • 1.5 Characteristics of culture
  • 2 Communication and Intercultural communication
    • 2.1 Definition of communication
    • 2.2 Elements of communication
    • 2.3 Intercultural communication
  • 3 Cultural patterns
    • 3.1 Definition and components
    • 3.2 Edward T. Hall's theory
    • 3.3 Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's value orientation
    • 3.4 Hofstede's dimensions of cultural variablity
  • 4 Verbal intercultural communication
    • 4.1 Language and culture
    • 4.2 Verbal communication styles
    • 4.3 Language diversity
  • 5 Nonverbal intercultural communication
    • 5.1 Significance,definition and functions
    • 5.2 Paralanguage and Silence
    • 5.3 Time and Space
    • 5.4 Other Categories
  • 6 Intercultural Communication Competence(不作要求）
    • 6.1 Definition of Intercultural Comunication Competence
    • 6.2 Components of Intercultural Comunication Competence
    • 6.3 Requirements for Intercultural Comunication Competence
  • 7 Intercultural communication barriers and bridges
    • 7.1 Barriers
    • 7.2 Culture shock
    • 7.3 Intercultural adaptation
Elements of culture

Text A The nature of culture 


Metaphors

1. Culture is like an iceberg.(textbook P.8)

visible culture: architecture,art, cooking, music, langguage etc.

invisible culture: beliefs, values, notions of time, religion etc.

2. Culture is our software.(textbook P.9)

3. Culture is like the water a fish swims in.(textbook P.10)

4. Culture is the grammar of our behavior.(textbook P.10)