1 Variation in English English like any other language‚ like every language‚ is subject to variation. This variation can be complex and at times subtle. This text provides us with information about the principal ways in which British and Irish English speech varies and‚ just as importantly‚ the non-linguistic (social‚ geographical) factors which condition variation. Variation in pronunciation RP Dialect: refers to the varieties distinguished from each other by differences of grammar
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Interpersonal Communication CHAPTER 1: A First Look at Interpersonal Communication Speech communications: • Rhetoric: public speaking‚ preaching‚ law‚ philosophy • Oral History: Story-telling‚ anthology (culture communication)‚ performance test • Interpersonal: group family‚ organizational communication‚ perception‚ intimacy cognition‚ nonverbal‚ gender‚ conflict‚ relational development. Communication Axioms (11 principles): 1. We communicate with others. 2. You cannot not communicate
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Introduction Culture is extremely powerful. The rules of the game‚ what behavior is ethical and accepted‚ the mood of the organization‚ and the enthusiasm of employees are all contained in the culture. So‚ culture can be a powerful‚ hidden asset or it can be a liability - a time bomb waiting to go off. If your leadership team has not pro-actively created a corporate culture to support the company’s purpose‚ then chances are that the culture is a hidden liability. Every business has its own character
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scarcity‚ and we have stepped into an era of overloaded information. Therefore it seems to be accepted as reality that audiences are acquiring more freedom to choose/decide what they need/want even make media products themselves. That is superficially right while the hidden agenda set by others never disappear. That is to say‚ what people interest in is not always out of self willingness‚ but instead‚ is being influenced or set up by others. Then what’s the operational mechanism supporting the hidden
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A DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL * OF INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVITY Milton J. Bennett‚ M.D. I. DENIAL OF DIFFERENCE The inability to construe cultural difference. Indicated by benign stereotyping (wellmeant but ignorant or naive observations) and superficial statements of tolerance. May sometimes be accompanied by attribution of deficiency in intelligence or personality to culturally deviant behavior. Tendency to dehumanize outsiders. 1. Denial/Isolation: Isolation in homogeneous groups fails to generate either
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to affect cultural change. Successful development of a resource can lead to numerous negative impacts. Among these are overdevelopment‚ assimilation‚ conflict‚ and artificial reconstruction. While presenting a culture to tourists may help preserve the culture‚ it can also dilute or even destroy it. The point is to promote tourism in the region so that it would both give incomes and create respect for the local tradition and culture. There are also both negative and positive impacts of tourism
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Intercultural Communication in the Workplace Paper University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity / SOC 315 Mary Hamilton July 27‚ 2006 Week Three Intercultural Communication in the Workplace Elaine Winters‚ a noted subject matter expert on Cultural differences and awareness says‚ "Few people seem to feel the need to truly face the underlying issues that cloud even the simplest of delicate‚ and frequently confusing‚ cross-cultural interactions." There is no doubt as to the many cultural
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place and social place‚ making physical location much less significant for our social relationships" (Croteau and Hoynes 2003: 311). Through these globalised communities‚ "Virtual communities" are being established online and it transcends geographical boundaries‚ eliminating social restrictions. Rheingold cited in Slevin (2000:91) describes these globalised societies as “self-defined networks‚ which resemble what we do in real life”. According to him "People in virtual communities use words on screens
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By observing the actual activities from managerial behaviours‚ Mintzberg (1973) claimed that Interpersonal Roles referred the involvement of managers in interpersonal contacts from which its benefit were derived. The foundation of the roles are from the association of authority and status with holding managerial roles (Mintzberg‚ 1971). However‚ they are also the extent of people and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic characteristically (Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg and Coulter‚ 2010)
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