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LING-333 Cross Cultural Communication
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This course provides analysis of cross-cultural communication from the perspective of interactional sociolinguistics. Topics include conversational style; the linguistic basis of cultural and ethnic stereotypes; linguistic causes of cross-cultural miscommunication; rhythmic, prosodic, and nonverbal components of communicative style; indirectness and politeness phenomena. The concept of "culture" includes
subcultural differences influenced by geographic region, ethnicity, age, class, and gender.
Class activities include lecture, discussion in whole-class and small-group formats, videotape presentations, and guest lectures. Students will carry out small-scale research projects and short assignments in which they explore the implications of cross-cultural differences in their own lives and test the approaches read about and discussed. Friday class meetings consist of smaller discussion groups led by TA's.
This is a nontechnical course providing a linguistic/sociolinguistic/discourse approach to communication, language, and culture. It is designed to appeal to undergraduate students from all majors and schools. There are no prerequisites.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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