MA Language, Culture and Communication course.
Language, Culture, and Communication: Essays by Joseph H. Greenberg. Joseph H. Greenberg.To better understand intercultural communication, it is important that we know more about the nature of culture and communication and, equally important, how culture may relate to communication or vice versa. The ensuring discussion in this section is a conceptual orientation of these topics. What.Language is a set of random process that enables us to communicate and interact. It contains acceptable meaning by the society and culture. Acquisition of communication competence, on the other hand, means the learning of the language.
Simply put, spoken and written communication with pre-set meanings for each word written or uttered is what we refer to as language. Culture, on the other hand, is defined by the activities of people, sometimes governed by a geographical boundary.Within the language we speak, both non-verbal and verbal communication reflects whether or not a culture values individualism or collectivism. Individualistic cultures speak out when it comes to problem solving, value self-expression, and become confrontational when it comes to dealing with an interpersonal problem.
Language and Culture One’s culture affects almost all of one’s communication behaviors. I discovered an article written by Margaret Cote, “ Language Reflects Culture,” that reveals many of the differences between the Saulteaux language and the English language.
