Intercultural Communication A Practical Guide

Name: Intercultural Communication A Practical Guide
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ISBN: 9780292755710

ISBN-10: 0292755716

ISBN-13: 9780292755710

Edition: 2001

Authors: Tracy Novinger

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Successfully communicating with people from another culture requires learning more than just their language. While fumbling a word or phrase may cause embarrassment, breaking the unspoken cultural rules that govern personal interactions can spell disaster for businesspeople, travelers, and indeed anyone who communicates across cultural boundaries. To help you avoid such damaging gaffes, Tracy Novinger has compiled this authoritative, practical guide for deciphering and following "the rules" that govern cultures, demonstrating how these rules apply to the communication issues that exist between the United States and Mexico. Novinger begins by explaining how a major proportion of…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 3/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Global Perspective of Intercultural Communication


Why Communicate across Cultures?


What Constitutes a Culture?


Obstacles of Perception


Obstacles in Verbal Processes


Obstacles in Nonverbal Processes



Two Worlds: The United States and Mexico


The Mexico-United States Cultural Environment


Some Mexico-United States Cultural Issues


Day-to-Day Cultural Interaction



Conclusion


Transcending Culture


Appendix: Author's Note


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author