Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach
Seventh Edition
Learning Objectives
7-1: Explain the relationship between language and culture.
7-2: Explain what makes the structure of the human language so unique.
7-3: Compare and contrast elaborated and restricted codes.
7-4: Compare and contrast direct versus indirect styles, affective versus instrumental styles, personal versus contextual styles, and elaborate, exacting, and succinct styles of language use across cultures.
7-5: Cogently discuss and compare sex differences in verbal language in Japan, China, and India.
7-6: Compare and contrast U.S. dialects.