A Review of Past Cross-culturaI Research Relating to Miscommunication Between Japanese and Americans
| Autor: | Ryan, Stephen B. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Zdroj: | 山形大学紀要. 人文科学 = Bulletin of Yamagata University. Humanities. 15(3):181(82)-205(58) |
| Popis: | 論文(Article) The purpose of this paper is to review research and theory regarding the affect culture can have on communication by discussing relevant work done in the field of Intercultural Communication (IC), as well as relevant studies comparing Japanese and American communication. Recent studies and theories are discussed in the context of how culture can significantly contribute to a cross-cultural miscommunication. It is argued that the way we communicate is dependent upon our unrecognized schema or background knowledge of the simple daily events occurring around us. Within this context, four areas of interest are discussed. First, the field of Intercultural Communication is introduced with its stance towards communication. Second, how a speaker makes meaning is crucial in the native/non-native (NS-NNS) speaker context because of the NNSs limited competency with the second language. Cultural competency is also an issue because cultural concepts often go unrecognized in the cross-cultural dyad. Third, the NNS speaker has often been criticized for not conforming to the NS role model. However, to overcome the more serious cross-cultural misunderstandings, both speakers need a higher level of cultural competency with their own culture before attempting to interpret hthe other”.Fourth, NNS corhprehension strategies can adverdely affect the processing of the second or foreign language. Finally, it is argued through relevant studies that it would be more useful for cross-cultural research to describe and compare Japanese and Western cultures by first establishing a common set of categories that can hold the same meanings for both cultures. This can free the study from unnecessary and unintended bias and provide a deeper insight into why misunderstanding happened in the first piace. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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