Unit 6Communication Styles 英语课件.ppt

Unit 6 Communication Styles * Reading One:  High and Low Context 1）The definition of context: “the information that surrounds an event; it is inextricably bound up with the mean-ing of the event.” 2）Categorization of high-context culture and low-context culture depending on the degree to which meaning comes from the settings or from the words being exchanged. High-context culture “A high context (HC) communication or message is one in which most of the information is already in the person, while very little is in the coded, explicitly transmitted part of the message. Low-context culture A low context (LC) communication is just the opposite; i.e., the mass of the information is vested in the explicit code.” Cultures Arranged Along the High-Context and Low-Context Dimension High-Context Cultures Japanese Chinese Korean African American Native American Arab Greek Latin Italian English French American Scandinavian German Lower-Context Cultures Swiss-German High context – with extensive information networks among family, friends, colleagues, and clients Low context – distinguish the personal relationships, the work, and many aspects of day-to-day life Reading Two:Explicit and Implicit Communication Speech pattern言语模式 Anthropology 人类学Sociolinguistics社会语言学 Edward Hall (1914 – 2009) 强交际语境 弱交际语境