scholarly journals Intercultural communication as a special case of social communication

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saian Khalimovna Umarova
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Special Case

“INSIDE” AND “OUTSIDE” SPACE IN THE СONTEXT OF THE PERSIAN POLITENESS SYSTEM TA’ĀROF

2019 ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
O. V. Mazepova
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Communication Style ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
Negative Aspect ◽  
Communicative Behavior ◽  
High Ranking ◽  
Unacceptable Behavior ◽  
Ancient Times

The paper deals with the problem of implementation of the binary opposition “inside-outside” within the scope of ta’ārof, the Persian politeness system, which is deeply involved in all the types of social communication in Iran. Here was analyzed a concept set forth by US anthropologist W. Beeman, who states that communicative behavior of Iranians is regulated by strict difference between “inside” and “outside” space, which is expressed through stylistically marked means of speech. Also here was determined peculiar correlation between the concepts of “inside/outside” space and “inside/outside” behavior incorporated into Iranian worldview since the ancient times. In the situations, which speaker regards as “outside” (birun / zāher) he chooses a communication style in accordance with require- ments of ta’ārof politeness system, demonstrating difference in status of the interlocutors. And vice versa, in the situations regarded as “inside” (andarun / bāten) ones, he feels comfortable and relaxed, and uses in his speech expressions demonstrating friendliness and sincerity. Yet, when correlation between two frames of behavior is broken the “outside”-mode communication turns into “inside”, and “inside” – into “outside”-mode communication. “Outside” pattern of communication is useful when applied to the misbehaving persons. Unacceptable behavior of “high-ranking person” could well be moderated by intensifying the strategy of “self-lowering” and “other-rising” towards the counterpart, making use of stylistically based means of speech. It was pointed out to the negative aspect of the Persian politeness system, which allows manipulat- ing interlocutor. Identifying and proper reaction from the side of foreigners to such attempts is one of the most important tasks of intercultural communication with Persian native speakers.

scholarly journals Kinds of Information in Scientific Use

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-304
Author(s):  
John Collier
Keyword(s):  
Social Communication ◽  
Explicit Representation ◽  
Causal Powers ◽  
Previous Level ◽  
Successive Level ◽  
Physical Information ◽  
Tight Connection ◽  
Nested Hierarchy ◽  
Mathematical Definitions ◽  
Special Case

There are many different mathematical definitions of information that have their various uses, but I will be concerned with notions of information used in applications in various branches of science that are distinguished by their topic, i.e., what they apply to. I describe the major uses information, and show their relations to each other. I will argue that the various uses form a nested hierarchy, in which each is a restriction on the previous, inheriting the properties of its predecessor, but adding in new features that make it a special case. The lowest level is physical information determined by distinctions and the highest is explicit representation in linguistic social communication. Is there anything common to information at all these levels? I will argue that there is, and that information in each case is what Donald MacKay (1969) called a distinction that makes a difference. What distinguishes the use of information at each level is what distinctions make a causal difference at that level. At each successive level distinctions that make a difference at a previous level make no difference at that level. In order to create this sort of filter new levels have to be formed by cohesion peculiar to the identifying characteristics at that level. A consequence of this view is that information must have causal powers, and that there is a tight connection between information and causation

An Analysis of Verbal Humor in 2 Broke Girls from the Perspective of Conversational Implicature

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 969
Author(s):  
Xiaorui Huang
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Conversational Implicature ◽  
Cooperative Principle ◽  
Intercultural Communication Competence

Humor can be seen everywhere in social communication, and it often appears in conversation in the form of verbal humor. In western culture, humor, regarded as a sort of linguistic art, is a window to understand western culture. Thus, humor comprehension has important practical significance for English learners to better understand, master and use English. This study, based on theories of Conversational Implicature, attempts to analyze the production of verbal humor from the perspective of Cooperative Principle, and an abundance of humorous conversations from the sitcom, 2 Broke Girls, are collected as analytical material as well, aiming to cultivate English learners’ comprehensive ability of American humorous utterances and to improve their intercultural communication competence.

Elements of eristics in social communication

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (152) ◽  
pp. 119-125
Author(s):  
I. S. Matviienko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Successful Communication

The article is devoted to the consideration of the issue of communication and the use of elements of eristics in it, the methods that are used for successful argumentation, as the basis for interpersonal, group and mass dialogue of the modern world. Eristics, as a direction of research in the theory of argumentation, aimed at the use of successful arguments for successful communication. Consideration of the content and meaning of eristics helps to reveal its meaning in the system of modern interpersonal and intercultural communication.

scholarly journals A Critical Study of Coordinated Management of Meaning Theory: A Theory in Practitioners’ Hands

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
Muhammad Imran ◽  
Yuee CHEN ◽  
Xiaofei Matthew WEI ◽  
Samina Akhtar
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
Coordinated Management Of Meaning ◽  
Communication Management ◽  
Management Of Meaning ◽  
Communication Conflict ◽  
Meaning Theory

This paper deals with a critical study of Coordinated Management of Meaning Theory (CMM) as a practical theory and its function to employ a systematic way of conversation in a critical speech. The present study is based on a brief introduction and background perspective of the theory along with its different stages in relation with to address the issues of social conversations. The researcher also has included opinions of many other practitioners of CMM theory and their appreciations, suggestions, and concerns are discussed to make the understanding of the theory in a more clear and comprehensive way. The study concludes that CMM has influenced interpersonal and intercultural communication, management of communication, social communication, conflict, and mediation in communication and last but not the least consultancy and therapy through communication.

Gesprekken Tussen Vrouwen en Mannen

1997 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 33-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Huls ◽  
Christien Roovers ◽  
Hannie Spierings
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Language Use ◽  
The Other ◽  
Talk Shows ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Current Affairs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Politeness Strategies ◽  
Special Case

With respect to gender differences in language use, two theoretical positions can be distinguished: the cultural approach and the dominance view. In the first approach, communication between women and men is regarded as a special case of intercultural communication. In the second perspective, the social superiority of men is reflected in the details of everyday conversations, while women play a more submissive role. Although these two views can be seen as complementary in many respects, there is at least one point of contrast. In the dominance view, the typically male and female conversational styles are especially prominent in cross-sex conversations. In the cultural approach, the male and female styles are not considered to be sensitive to the sex of the addressee. With these two theoretical positions in mind, we analysed interviews from Dutch talk shows and current affairs programs. In both types of interviews, politeness strategies were analysed in relation to the sex of the addressee. The interviews in the current affairs programs were also analysed with respect to turn-taking mechanisms. Results show that two analyses confirm the dominance view, while the other two confirm neither the cultural approach nor the dominance view. In conclusion, no evidence was found for the position that communication between women and men is a special case of intercultural communication.

scholarly journals Methodology for the analysis of the effect of modern religious organizations

2012 ◽  
pp. 203-205
Author(s):  
A. G. Klimov
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Family State

The contemporary specifics of modernization processes are analyzed in the article. There defined the significance of intercultural communication in the processes of interaction between religion organization and the elements of socio-cultural surrounding. And there are observed such reactions of religion organization to the modernization-effects, as character of social communication change and the transforming of the interaction with the main social institutes (family, state, institutes of economy).

scholarly journals Komunikacja społeczna w pracy socjalnej – aspekty teoretyczne i praktyczne

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-267
Author(s):  
Mateusz Szast
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Level Of Abstraction ◽  
Specialized Education

Social communication in social work ‒ theoretical and practical aspects The purpose of the article is to draw attention to the issues not so much as communication, but to communicate in social work, with particular emphasis on the essence of communication between individuals, listening and not hearing and perceiving rather than seeing the needs of other people. Proper intergenerational and intercultural communication, in turn, can condition understanding and empathy by capturing the interlocutor’s point of view ‒ it should be noted that the vast majority of social workers are younger than their pupils, characterized by specialized education, which may make it difficult to understand the level of abstraction of their stakeholders or beneficiaries. In the analysis completed with recommendations for social workers, both verbal and non-verbal channels were included.

scholarly journals Kinds of Information in Scientific Use

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Collier
Keyword(s):  
Social Communication ◽  
Explicit Representation ◽  
Causal Powers ◽  
Previous Level ◽  
Successive Level ◽  
Physical Information ◽  
Tight Connection ◽  
Nested Hierarchy ◽  
Mathematical Definitions ◽  
Special Case

There are many different mathematical definitions of information that have their various uses, but I will be concerned with notions of information used in applications in various branches of science that are distinguished by their topic, i.e., what they apply to. I describe the major uses information, and show their relations to each other. I will argue that the various uses form a nested hierarchy, in which each is a restriction on the previous, inheriting the properties of its predecessor, but adding in new features that make it a special case. The lowest level is physical information determined by distinctions and the highest is explicit representation in linguistic social communication. Is there anything common to information at all these levels? I will argue that there is, and that information in each case is what Donald MacKay (1969) called a distinction that makes a difference. What distinguishes the use of information at each level is what distinctions make a causal difference at that level. At each successive level distinctions that make a difference at a previous level make no difference at that level. In order to create this sort of filter new levels have to be formed by cohesion peculiar to the identifying characteristics at that level. A consequence of this view is that information must have causal powers, and that there is a tight connection between information and causation

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