Japanese Intercultural Communiccative Strategies in Multinational Companies

大山, 中勝

Ohyama, Nakakatsu

The purpose of this study is to describe, from a sociolinguistic perspective, major language functions during which Japanese-American communication occurs in multinational companies in the United States. Comparing communication problems across major language functions and research memos, five major themes emerged: (1)foramlity; (2)social hierarchical distinctons; (3)ambiguous communication strategies; (4)consensus making; and (5)language attitudes. This paper also aims to identify the intercultural communicative strategies that might assist Japanese workers to negociate communicative events.

https://opac.ll.chiba-u.jp/da/curator/900020330/

Center for Foreign Languages Chiba University

紀要論文

AN10532524

言語文化論叢 = Papers on languages and cultures

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1998-03-31

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言語文化論叢