Study Of Cross-cultural Communication Research Articles

Malay, Akit, and Chinese ethnic languages: a study of cross-cultural communication in Indonesia

The cross-cultural communication of ethnic Malays, Akit, and Chinese in Selatpanjang City is very interesting to study because it reveals communication patterns and degrees of harmony (Dewi et al., 2023; Murni, 2021). This study of cross-cultural interactions contains a variety of problems, ranging from those that have a personal effect to those that have a social impact. This study focused on the language characteristics implied in cross-cultural communication between ethnic Malays, Akit, and Chinese in Selatpanjang City. This study aims to explain the characteristics of ethnic Malay, Akit, and Chinese by analyzing their ability to convey verbal messages and ethnic characters. This research design is in a qualitative form that aims to describe, explore, find, reveal, and explain the aspects studied holistically. Data collection is carried out through in-depth observations and interviews. The data is analyzed with steps that include reduction, categorization, description, analysis, discussion, and inference. Based on the results of the research and discussion above, several conclusions can be drawn. First, the language characteristics of the three ethnicities are influenced by their respective socio-cultural backgrounds. Second, the cross-cultural communication between the Malays, Akit, and Chinese ethnicities shows the character of their respective ethnicities.

Learning emotional dialects: A British population study of cross-cultural communication.

The aim of the current research was to explore whether we can improve the recognition of cross-cultural freely-expressed emotional faces in British participants. We tested several methods for improving the recognition of freely-expressed emotional faces, such as different methods for presenting other-culture expressions of emotion from individuals from Chile, New Zealand and Singapore in two experimental stages. In the first experimental stage, in phase one, participants were asked to identify the emotion of cross-cultural freely-expressed faces. In the second phase, different cohorts were presented with interactive side-by-side, back-to-back and dynamic morphing of cross-cultural freely-expressed emotional faces, and control conditions. In the final phase, we repeated phase one using novel stimuli. We found that all non-control conditions led to recognition improvements. Morphing was the most effective condition for improving the recognition of cross-cultural emotional faces. In the second experimental stage, we presented morphing to different cohorts including own-to-other and other-to-own freely-expressed cross-cultural emotional faces and neutral-to-emotional and emotional-to-neutral other-culture freely-expressed emotional faces. All conditions led to recognition improvements and the presentation of freely-expressed own-to-other cultural-emotional faces provided the most effective learning. These findings suggest that training can improve the recognition of cross-cultural freely-expressed emotional expressions.

Konsep Pendidikan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan

This study examines the concept of Communication and Culture Education. The study of cross-cultural communication cannot be separated from culture because in cross-cultural communication the communication participants are faced with the problem of cultural differences. This type of research uses a descriptive type which aims to make a systematic, factual and accurate description or picture of facts, characteristics and the relationship between phenomena in the object of research according to the problems studied. The results of this study are; a. Communication Relations with Culture, b. The Cruciality of Cultural Differences, c. Prejudice. The situation in cross-cultural communication is so dynamic and evolving and sometimes not free from stereotypes. In cross-cultural communication there is an exchange between one culture and another. The cultural pressure point in the context of cross-cultural communication has more to do with immaterial cultural aspects, such as language, traditions, habits, customs, moral norms and values, ethics, ideas, religion, arts, beliefs, and so on.

On the cross-cultural formation of conceptology

This research focuses on examination of the concept from cross-cultural perspective. It is substantiated by the fact that currently the study of cross-cultural communication on the level of concept is important due to the idea of spiritual unity of people of different nationalities and increase of the ethical level. The article reveals the theoretical specificity, role and place of the concept. Analysis is conducted on the concepts of linguistic worldviews The author explores the key approaches towards comprehension of the concept as a cross-cultural formation – as the basic unit in mental world of a person, as the unit of cognitive semantics, as the intermediary between words and reality. These approaches are based on definition of the concept as what denotes the content of the concept. The researchers associate the concept of concept with the cognition of the world. The representation of linguistic worldview may be on the lexical level, as well as on the level of various texts, which implies fuller coverage of the material. The worldviews reflect the perception of the world by linguistic personalities of different ethnic groups, affecting their mentality. Such influence manifests in assessment of the state and changes in the environment, role of the linguistic personality, its attitude towards the world, itself, others, as well as its behavior. The linguistic worldview is mobile, and thus devoid of passivity and rigid standardization. It is established that the linguistic worldview is represented on the level of linguistic unit, as well as the level of various types of text interpreted in a particular culture. Representing the view and perception of linguocultural community, the worldview determines the mentality of the representatives of a particular culture or nationality, which manifests in their assessment of the state of the environment and the possibility of its change, position and attitude of a person towards the world, nature, animals, himself, and other people, as well as in behavior.

ПРОБЛЕМА КРОСС-КУЛЬТУРНОЙ КОММУНИКАЦИИ В ЗАРУБЕЖНЫХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯХ

Background. Intercultural interaction is the basis of positive development in the modern world. However, situations of confl icts and crises seriously disrupt cross-cultural communication. An analysis of the results of studies conducted in diff erent countries and in diff erent situations makes it possible to identify the psychological foundations for overcoming the negative consequences of violations of intercultural interaction. Objective. Present the experience of researching the problem of cross-cultural communication. Methods. Review of foreign literature. Results. An analysis of modern research on the problems of cross-cultural communication has shown that, with the unconditional recognition of the characteristics of the cultures to which the studied groups belong as the leading determinant of the study, there is no socio-psychological typology of cultures, which does not allow building a predictive analysis of the interaction of representatives of diff erent cultures. Th e studies describe various types of indirect, substitutive contact, the conditions of which allow establishing positive relationships, which is especially important in situations of protracted systemic political and economic crises. Researchers believe that objective conditions have developed for the functioning of intercultural psychology and that broad interdisciplinary cooperation is necessary to evaluate the eff ectiveness of the means of cross-cultural communication off ered by psychologists. Conclusion. Th e role of the semiotic approach in the study of cross-cultural communication is revealed. Since cultural diff erences are combined at the level of cultural codes, the semantic aspect of the combination of diff erent cultures is a source of possible misunderstandings and contradictions. Mediated, substitute, indirect contacts of people help to overcome misunderstandings and create a basis for active intercultural cooperation. In this case, conditions are created not only for understanding the representatives of contacting cultures, but the understanding of all representatives of a diff erent culture improves. Th e attitude towards representatives of cultures that do not participate in substitutive contact also improves.Th is eff ect is considered as intercultural competence.

“French element” in the Russian art culture of the mid XVIII century

The subject of this research is the reflection of Russian realities of the mid XVIII century in cultural sphere. The article touches upon the problem of cross-cultural communication between Russia and France in the XVIII century: the theme of “French presence” in the Russian art and theater culture of the first half and the middle of the XVIII century. The acquired results elucidate the characteristic features of the relations between French and Russian people during this period. The research was conducted with consideration of the unity of internal and external, subjective and objective factors within the framework of the cultural-historical process. The conclusions were made leaning on the analysis of the entire range of sources use and existing research traditions. The article reveals the contribution of the French representatives of art and culture while their stay in Russia, as well as describes the forms and manifestations of their activity that in prospect affected the image of Russia. The author believes that working at the Russian Court, the French representatives imposed the vision of their country on Russia, transforming the Russian images in the French spirit. The presented materials are valuable for the study of cross-cultural communication between Russia and France in the XVIII century. This article is important and relevant in the conditions of constantly developing cultural dialogue and determination of the new vectors of cooperation between the countries.

Cultural Diversity in Native and Non-Native Speakers of English Communication

With the advancement of technology ,the study of cross-cultural communication via on line has become an important and researchable topic in linguistic theory and its applications.The aims of this study are two- fold (a) exploring the influence of cultural diversity on on-line interaction between American native speakers (NSs) and Iraqi non-native speakers (NNSs) of English which, together with other factors might potentially lead to what Thomas(1983) calls "pragmatic failure" (PF), a main cause of communication breakdowns and (b) specifying which type of PF occurs more frequently between the two groups along with the reasons behind such failures. To achieve these objectives , a number of online chats conducted between (10) American speakers of English and (8) Iraqi graduate students of English were collected and analyzed on the basis of Thomas' (1983) division of PF in an attempt to verify the assumption that pragmatic failure is a result of cultural diversity between the two groups of participants.Results revealed that the cultural differences between the two groups could be a major cause of misunderstanding ie. PF., a finding which can be of value to textbook designers and teachers of English as a foreign language (FL)who are required to improve students' pragmatic ability in classroom by focusing not only on their grammatical competence but also on their pragmatic competence.

Staging Gogol’s play Marriage in Bulgaria

The article traces a range of performances staging Gogol’s play Marriage in Bulgaria with a special emphasis on the respective translations into Bulgarian. The theory features translation and adaptation mechanisms specifically applied to cultural realia. The staging in the Sofia Theatre is highlighted. The methodology applied belongs to the framework of cross-cultural communication studies and employs cultural-historic and reception approaches.

FAKTOR PEMBEDA DALAM KOMUNIKASI LINTAS BUDAYA ANTARA WISATAWAN ASING DENGAN MASYARAKAT LOKAL DI DESA WISATA KANDRI GUNUNGPATI KOTA SEMARANG

Cultural diversity is a necessity in the human community in the world. Cultures have different value systems, so they determine different life goals, and determine ways of communicating that are strongly influenced by language, rules and norms in each culture. So that every communication activity with other people always contains the potential for cross-cultural or intercultural communication, because it will always be in a "culture" that is different from other people. This study aims to find out how cultural differences between foreign tourists and local communities are examined based on the study of cross-cultural communication, so that they can be understood together and avoid culture shock. This research was conducted in the tourist village of Kandri, Gunungpati sub-district, Semarang city with the object of research of foreign tourists who came in the tourist village. The research method used is a qualitative field reserach. Data collection techniques in this study were interviews and observations. The results of the study show that the distinguishing factors in communication can be seen from the verbal and nonverbal language systems, economic systems, educational systems, cultures (values and norms), and religious systems.

Cross-cultural Variation: Chinese Monkey King Legend as a Trickster in America

ABSTRACTThe Chinese stories on Monkey King have offered a popular theme in American literature, but are also transformed in the American cultural context through cross-cultural communication. The Chinese character Monkey King is one of the most representative legends in Chinese culture, representing resistance, longing for freedom, and a somewhat individualistic heroism, and is also the protagonist in the Chinese classical novel Journey to the West written by Wu Chengen in the Ming Dynasty. When stories about Monkey King travel to the heterogeneous cultural context, variations of such cultural images inescapability occur. This article will compare aspects of the novel with the Monkey King in Chinese American writer Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book (1990) and in Native American writer Gerald Vizenor’s novel Griever: An American Monkey King in China (1987). Supported by concepts from the variation theory of comparative literature, which focuses on changes, or variations, in the cross-cultural literary transfer processes, this article shows how and why variations between the Chinese cultural legend and the American re-writings is determined by cross-cultural variation by changing the cultural context, which can be seen as a framework for the study of cross-cultural communication.

Interdisciplinary approach to cross-language and cross-cultural communication studies

The present paper touches upon topical issues connected with the necessity of using interdisciplinary approach to cross-language and cross-cultural communication studies. Modern world is based on communication which presupposes the process of sharing meaning through verbal and non-verbal behaviour. It’s a matter that requires very serious and complex handling especially in the time of globalization. Explanation of the terms denoting language, culture, cross-language and cross-cultural communication, their interrelations and peculiarities of usage in all spheres of human activities is given in the paper. Special attention is paid to the communication types and their peculiarities. Our cultural understanding of the world and everything in it ultimately affects our communication style, and nowadays we face hybrid, changing and conflicting cultures, where we are expected to become pluricultural individuals. Effective communication with people of different cultures and languages is especially challenging. If people recognize and understand differing world views, they will 10 certainly adopt a positive and open-minded attitude towards cross-cultural differences. By accepting people, their differences and acknowledging that we do not know everything will make us open up to people and their differences resulting in using contextual information for better understanding. Seeking feedback and taking risks to open up channels of communication and being responsible for our feelings as well as actions, will go a long way in ensuring that miscommunication is mitigated. Therefore, to avoid miscommunication, much effort and willingness on the part of people representing different cultural and educational background is needed. Understanding of these aspects of cultures will help better coexist and cooperate despite all difficulties, conflict situations as well as negative attitudes. In this respect of primary importance is to apply interdisciplinary approach to cross- language and cross-cultural communication studies in order to work out effective communicative strategies to be put into practice.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ МЕКСИКАНСЬКИХ НАЦІОНАЛЬНИХ ГАСТРОНОМІЧНИХ СИМВОЛІВ

This article studies national gastronomic symbols of Mexicans and their special value in cultural and language world pictures in order to conduct etymologic, linguo-cultural and conceptual analysis of meanings of lexical and phraseological units. The object of the research is Mexican national gastronomic symbols as the target of reflection of gastronomic picture of the world of Mexicans. The article grounds on the role of national gastronomic symbols and the variability of their reflections in the language, emphasizes that the language of symbols is the universal language of culture, which expresses its specific features. The author uses the descriptive method of research with the elements of comparable and dialectical analysis for the complex study of the Mexican national gastronomic symbols and for determination their semantic and culturological peculiarities. The material for the analysis is selected by means of continuous selection method. The author pays special attention to semantics of gastronomic symbols, their cultural connotations and means of verbalization. The results of the research can be used in language geography courses, in the research of the problems connected with national and cultural features of the Mexican variant of the Spanish language, as well as in the study of cross-cultural communication. National gastronomic symbols are characterized by the biggest quantity of associations in language consciousness of Mexicans and wide range of senses.

SOBRE LAS ESTRATEGIAS DE TRADUCCIÓN DE REFERENCIAS CULTURALES EN EL ÁMBITO DE LA ARQUITECTURA (ESPAÑOL-INGLÉS)

La traducción, entendida como una actividad de mediación intercultural, supone un reto para los profesionales de la traducción, que deben sortear las barreras culturales que separan unas lenguas de otras. El lenguaje del turismo contiene abundantes referencias culturales por lo que resulta de gran interés para su estudio traductológico. Este trabajo analiza las técnicas traductológicas utilizadas en los culturemas del ámbito de la arquitectura, una de las áreas más relevantes en turismo. El objetivo es ofrecer nuevas perspectivas en la reflexión teórica y, al mismo tiempo, ahondar en los problemas que se plantean en este tipo de traducción de palabras específicas de la cultura española.

(No) need for clarity – Facework in Spanish and German refusals

Given the linguistic complexity and the great impact a refusal can produce on the speaker's and hearer's face, this speech act has been the object of numerous comparative works on cross-cultural communication studies. This article compares the culture-specific realisation of different types of refusals in Spanish and German, a language pair that has not yet received much attention in the field of intercultural pragmatics. It presents a brief review of published works on the expression of refusals in different languages and describes in detail the threat that a refusal poses for the positive and negative face of both interlocutors.The analysis of the culture-specific means to manage this face threat reveals a high tendency for indirect refusal strategies and for vague answers without a clear final outcome by Spanish speakers, whereas German speakers place a higher value on more direct refusal strategies and explicit answers with a great level of pragmatic clarity, especially with regard to the final outcome of the conversation.

An observational study of cross-cultural communication in short-term, diverse professional learning groups

This paper reports the evaluation of a European funded 3-week summer school which took place in 2013 involving 60 staff and students from five universities. The evaluation looked at one group in detail using a qualitative approach to consider whether students and teachers can work together in multicultural groups in order to achieve their goal. MethodOne group was observed during 2 two-hour sessions of group activity; at the beginning and end of the summer school task. Video data was analysed using the Rapport Management framework, a model of cross-cultural communication, to determine what motivated this group's interactions. ResultsAs the group's deadline became imminent ‘face-threatening acts’ (FTAs) were more apparent. These were tolerated in this group because of the development of a strong social bond. There was inequity in participation with members of the group falling into either high- or low-involvement categories. This was also well-tolerated but meant some students may not have gained as much from the experience. The group lacked guidance on managing group dynamics. ConclusionCultural differences in communication were not the main threat to multi-cultural working groups. Potential problems can arise from failing to provide the group with a framework for project and team management. An emphasis on ground rules and the allocation of formal roles is important as is the encouragement of socialisation which supports the group during challenging times.

The Study of the Chinese People’s Inductive Inclination in Communication

As globalization becomes a fact, it is true that more and more communication happens among people in different languages. In order to avoid conflicts in cross-cultural communication because of misunderstanding between Chinese people and westerners, the further study of cross-cultural communication is necessary. According to Sapir & Whorf Hypothesis, the use of language is involved far more than words, but also the way of thinking. For language and thought, they work side by side. This paper, reviews Sapir & Whorf hypothesis and argues that because of the factors of geography, ideology and history, the Chinese people have the inductive inclination in communication and we believe our research can promote the communication between Chinese people and westerners.

Literacy Practices in Contrast: Adult Arab Literacy vs. Native English Literacy

The paper addresses the issue of adult Arab literates' practices and products which exhibit specific communicative strategies and persuasive literacy styles. The author characterizes the adult Arab literates' communicative strategies revealed in the following literacy products: Academic essays, cross-cultural communication studies, genres in contrast, translational versions of Arabic source texts and L2 reading strategies. The author attempts to frame the communicative strategies employed in the above-mentioned literacy products in terms of: orality/literacy traditions and culture. The author shows how adult Arab literates' literacy practices run counter to the targeted Anglo-American literacy practices. The sharp contrast has to be addressed in view of the extensive pressures on adult Arab literates to publish in English, and to communicate in English in different disciplines. The contrast between the strategies of those on the periphery and those of the center-based is the major thrust of the paper. Finally, the author calls for an approximative system of biliteracy..

Language Contact and Language Conflict

1. List of contributors 2. Foreword 3. Introduction (by Putz, Martin) 4. Part I: Theoretical orientations: The interaction of language and culture 5. Radical cultural difference: Anthropology's myth? (by Keesing, Roger M.) 6. Culture, cognition, and grammar (by Langacker, Ronald W.) 7. Areal influence on grammaticalization (by Heine, Bernd) 8. scripts: A new approach to the study of cross-cultural communication (by Wierzbicka, Anna) 9. Language and cross-cultural communication (by Bamgbose, Ayo) 10. Communication disruptions: On benefits and disadvantages of language contact (by Ehlich, Konrad) 11. Part II: Case studies: The manipulation of language in intercultural contact 12. European languages in African society and culture: A view on cultural authenticity (by Tengan, Alexis B.) 13. The context of language planning in Africa: An illustration with Nigeria (by Adegbija, Efurosibina) 14. A prognosis for language management in the Third Republic (by Brann, Conrad Max Benedict) 15. Revalorizing the autochthonous languages of Africa (by Webb, Victor) 16. Cultural variation in the interrelation of speech acts and turn-talking (by Clyne, Michael) 17. Intercultural contact and communication in South-East Papua New Guinea (by Dutton, Tom) 18. Towards an independent and ethnically pure Flanders (by Deprez, Kas) 19. Subject index

Nurse/patient communication within a bilingual health care setting

Communication and the interactions that take place between nurse and patient are the foundation of nursing care. However, in practice, cross-cultural communication is often inadequate and therefore the health care needs of many cultural groups are not being met. An examination of language switching within nurse/patient interaction in a bilingual setting provides a further dimension for the study of cross-cultural communication.

An Ethnographic Study of Cross-Cultural Communication with Puerto Rican-American Families in the Special Education System

An Ethnographic Study of Cross-Cultural Communication with Puerto Rican-American Families in the Special Education System