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1、Contextincommunication（09翻译2班黄子英07号）AbstractContextisimportantinallcommunication,butitisrelativelymoreimportantinsomesituationsthaninothers.Therearealsosomesignificantdifferencesacrossculturesinthewaysandthecontexttowhichpeoplecommunicatethroughcontext.Ahighcontext(CH)communica
2、tionormessageisoneinwhichmostoftheinformationiseitherinthephysicalcontextorinternalizationintheperson,whileverylittleisinthecode,explicit,transmittedpartoftheinformation.Anytransactioncanbecharacterizedashigh,lowormiddlecontext.HCtransactionfeaturepreprogrammedinformationthatis
3、inthereceiverandinthesetting.Withonlyminimalinformationinthetransmittedmessage.LCtransactionsarethereverse.Mostoftheinformationmustbeinthetransmittedmessageinordertomakeupwhatismissinginthecontext.Althoughoncultureexistsexclusivelyatoneendofthescale,somearehighwhileothersarelow
4、.Americanculture,whilenotonthebottom,istowardthelowerendofthescale.Keywords:highercontext,lowcontextTime-Orientation,Humor,AdaptationHighcontextcultureandthecontrasting"lowcontextculture"aretermspresentedbytheanthropologistEdwardT.Hallinhis1976bookBeyondCulture.Itreferstoacultu
5、re'stendencytousehighcontextmessagesoverlowcontextmessagesinroutinecommunication.Thischoiceofcommunicationstylestranslatesintoaculturethatwillcatertoin-groups,anin-groupbeingagroupthathassimilarexperiencesandexpectations,fromwhichinferencesaredrawn.Inahighcontextculture,manythi
6、ngsareleftunsaid,lettingthecultureexplain.Wordsandwordchoicebecomeveryimportantinhighercontextcommunication,sinceafewwordscancommunicateacomplexmessageveryeffectivelytoanin-group(butlesseffectivelyoutsidethatgroup),whileinalowercontextculture,thecommunicatorneedstobemuchmoreexp
7、licitandthevalueofasinglewordislessimportant.Generalspeaking,highcontextcommunicationiseconomical,fastandefficient.Itworksaslongaspeoplecommunicatingarelookingforandunderstandthemeaninginthecontext.Ittakesalongtimetolearn.Itbringspeopletogether.Low-contextcommunicationismoreimp
8、ersonal,butitisaneffectivewayoftransmittinginformation
