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The Possible Contribution of Social Grammar of Language Analysis to Inter-Cultural Communication and the Avoidance of Misunderstanding.

Grayshon, Matthew C. – 1980

Different languages code messages in different ways and use different channels for sending messages; thus there are many places for misinterpreting and mishearing messages in an intercultural context. To move from one language to another requires a description of the total language communication system, one that has its universals in social and…

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Differences, Language Classification, Language Research

Language Variation and Limits to Communication. Technical Report No. 3.

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Simons, Gary Francis – 1979

Strategies are developed for understanding how language variation limits communication. Methods of measuring communication are discussed, including an intelligibility measure used in the Solomon Islands. The analysis of data gathered using communication measurement is discussed. The result of the analysis is a determination of the number of…

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Contrastive Linguistics, Culture Contact, Diglossia