Knowra Intercultural communication Intercultural communication Intercultural communication is communication between people with different cultural backgrounds and the study of how culture shapes communication processes and meanings.
Culture : Learned and shared patterns of meaning, practice, and social life that distinguish groups. Intercultural communication examines how these patterns shape what people say and understand.
High-context and low-context cultures : A framework contrasting communication that relies heavily on shared context with communication that states meaning explicitly. It shows how participants may differ over how much meaning words should carry.
Intercultural competence : The ability to communicate effectively and appropriately across cultural differences. It describes the capabilities developed for successful intercultural interaction.
Cross-cultural communication : The comparison of communication patterns across cultural groups, often through systematic analysis. It often compares groups, whereas intercultural communication emphasizes interaction between them.
Communication : The process of creating and interpreting meaning through signals, messages, and interaction. It supplies the basic process that cultural differences shape.
Pragmatics : The study of how context shapes the interpretation of language in use. Different pragmatic conventions can make the same utterance function differently across cultures.
Cross-cultural pragmatics : The comparative study of how speakers from different cultures use language in context. It identifies how conventions for requests, refusals, and apologies vary across communities.
Interracial communication : Communication between people identified with different racial groups. Race can shape communication, but it is not interchangeable with cultural difference.
Interpersonal communication : Communication between people who influence one another through direct interaction. Much intercultural communication occurs in person-to-person relationships.
Speech act : An utterance understood as performing an action, such as requesting, promising, or apologizing. Cultures can differ in how directly or appropriately such actions are performed.
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