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1、AnIntroductiontoInterculturalCommunicationWarm-upQuestionsDoesagoodknowledgeofEnglishgrammarguaranteeproperuseofthelanguage?Why?Whatchangeshavetakenplacetointerpersonalcommunicationwiththedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology?WhatchancesdotheordinaryChinesehavetoencounterpeoplefromothe
2、rcultures?Doyouhaveanyinterculturalexpericenceyourself?Whataboutotherpeopleyouknow?AnIntroductiontoInterculturalCommunication1DefiningOurTerms2FormofInterculturalCommunication3InterculturalCommunication:ANewInterdisciplinarySubject4StudyofInterculturalCommunicationinChinaAnIntroduc
3、tiontoInterculturalCommunication1.DefiningOurTerms1.1DefinitionofinterculturalcommunicationInterculturalcommunicationoccurswhenamemberofonecultureproducesamessageforconsumptionbyamemberofanotherculture.Moreprecisely,interculturalcommunicationinvolvesinteractionbetweenpeoplewhosecul
4、turalperceptionsandsymbolsystemsaredistinctenoughtoalterthecommunicationevent.(Samovaretal.pp.9-10)1.2DefinitionofdominantcultureThedominantculturereferstothegroupthatistheoneinpower.Thisisthegroupthatusuallyhasthegreatestamountofcontroloverhowtheculturecarriesoutitsbusiness.Thisgr
5、ouppossessesthepowerthatallowthemtospeakfortheentireculturewhilesettingthetoneandagendaotherswillusuallyfollow.Thepeopleinpowerarethosewhohistoricallyhavecontrolled,andwhostillcontrol,themajorinstitutionswithintheculture:church,government,education,military,massmedia,monetarysystem
6、s,andthelike.IntheUnitedStates,adultwhitemalesgenerallymeettherequirementsofdominance—andhavesincetheestablishmentofthiscountry.1.3Definitionofco-cultureWeusethewordco-culturewhendiscussinggroupsorsocialcommunitiesexhibitingcommunicationcharacteristics,perceptions,values,beliefs,an
7、dpracticesthataresufficientlydifferenttodistinguishthemfromtheothergroups,communities,andthedominantculture.(Samovaretal.p.11)2.FormsofInterculturalCommunicationDuetothecomprehensivenessofcultureandthecomplexityofcommunication,interculturalcommunicationtakesvariousforms,generallyfo
8、urformsbeingindentified:(I
