Language and Culture in Context - A Primer on Intercultural Communication

• Main Author: Godwin-Jones, Robert (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: [Place of publication not identified] Virginia Commonwealth University [2020]
• Series: Open textbook library.
• Subjects: Communication > Textbooks; Social sciences > Textbooks; Cultural and Ethnic Studies > Textbooks; Intercultural Communciation > Textbooks
• Online Access: Access online version

The text introduces some of the key concepts in intercultural communication as traditionally presented in (North American) courses and textbooks, namely the study of differences between cultures, as represented in the works and theories of Edward Hall and Geert Hofstede. Common to these approaches i...