Language Communication And Culture

Download or read book Language, Communication, and Culture written by Stella Ting-Toomey and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1989-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sponsored by the International and Intercultural Communication Division of the Speech Communication Association, the goal of the International and Intercultural Communication Annual is to promote better understanding of the international and intercultural communication processes. The current volume considers the relationships between language, communication and culture. Sections deal with the critical issues related to language acquisition, context and cognition; present an array of perspectives in analyzing the role of language in comparative cross-cultural and communication settings; and examine the role of first and second language usage in intergroup communication contexts. Working in the disciplines of psychology, ling