Style and Cultural Features in High/Low Context Communication Cultures: A Case Study of Finland‚ Japan and India Shoji Nishimura1‚ Anne Nevgi2 and Seppo Tella3 1 Waseda University‚ Japan 2 Department of Education‚ University of Helsinki 3 Department of Applied Sciences of Education‚ University of Helsinki Abstract People from different countries communicate in ways that often lead to misunder-standings. Our argument‚ based on Hall’s theory of high/low context cultures (1959‚ 1966‚ 1976‚ 1983)‚ is
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| | |(Addresses most parts of the (1) |Analyzes all issues of the question (as relevant): global context‚ | |Question; for example‚ addresses |chronology‚ causation‚ change‚ continuity‚ effects‚ content. | |change but not continuity. |
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Pragmatic Literary Criticism Pragmatic criticism is concerned‚ first and foremost‚ with the ethical impact any literary text has upon an audience. Regardless of art ’s other merits or failings‚ the primary responsibility or function of art is social in nature. Assessing‚ fulfilling‚ and shaping the needs‚ wants‚ and desires of an audience should be the first task of an artist. Art does not exist in isolation; it is a potent tool for individual as well as communal change. Though pragmatic
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Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen Institut für Anglistik PS: Pragmatics Prof. Dr. Christiane Brand SS 2013/14 Chinese Culture: The Onion Model and Stereotypes Wu Pui Ying 3D‚ 41 Blue Pool Road Happy Valley Hong Kong sarahwpy@hotmail.com Matrikelnummer: 17012786 20 September 2014 Content 1. Introduction 1 2. The Onion Model 2 2.1 Rituals 2 2.1.1 The Dragon Dance 2 2.1.2 Temple Worship 3 2.2 Values
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Text and Context Despite the changes in the values and concerns of society over time‚ humanity remains the same. A text is a reflection of the context in which it is composed. It captures the religious and social influences and the values placed upon them. Despite the changes in the values and concerns of society over time‚ humanity seems to remain the same. Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The pardoners Tale” written in the 14th century and Sam Raimi’s “A Simple Plan” released in 1998 both explore the unchanging
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Developing pragmatic competence in EFL classroom in China 1. Introduction As the world is increasingly globalized‚ the exchange of commodities and ideas across the border is proceeding at an astounding rate (Pakir‚ 1999). Consequently‚ the cross-cultural communication has become more and more important. English‚ as an international language‚ is increasingly used throughout the world. In China‚ English even is among the core subjects at school and deserves a place in the curriculum. However‚ many
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LIN 486 Annotated Bibliography Gender Differences in Second Language Pragmatics University of Toronto Mississauga Gender Differences in Second Language Pragmatics It goes without saying‚ that learning a second language is not just black and white. Besides a large amount of exposure and learning experience‚ many other interrelated factors‚ such as age‚ personality‚ culture‚ and gender also affect ones talent to attain native-like proficiency of a second language. T he least
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’ increased acuity and complexity in regard to their health care situation. Despite such hardships‚ nurses must find ways to preserve their caring practice and Jean Watson ’s caring theory can be seen as indispensable to this goal. Through this pragmatic continuing education paper‚ we will explore the essential elements of Watson ’s caring theory and‚ in a clinical
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Nassaji (2009). They tried to transcribe the classes and bring out a precise portion of use of L1 in classroom. But what they‚ and many others‚ seem to miss in their studies is to ask this question that “Is the classroom context an indivisible entity or it consists of different micro-contexts? This is the question Walsh (2011)
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Chapter: 4 4.3) Which of the following components of the program state are shared across threads in a multithreaded process? a. Register value b. Heap memory c. Global variable d. Stack memory Answer: The threads of a multithreaded process share heap memory and global variables. Each thread has its separate set of register values and a separate stack. 4.4) Output at LINE C is 5. Output at LINE P is 0. 4.6) What are the two differences between user-level and kernel-level threads
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