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CHAPTER 7 HCOM 320. What Are the Major Differences in Intercultural Verbal Styles?. LCC Explicit verbal Easily decoded Spell out everything No restraints Say; write; sign Direct US males. HCC Implicit codes Indirect verbal mode Hidden meanings
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CHAPTER 7HCOM 320 What Are the Major Differences in Intercultural Verbal Styles?
LCC Explicit verbal Easily decoded Spell out everything No restraints Say; write; sign Direct US males HCC Implicit codes Indirect verbal mode Hidden meanings Indirect hints/NVC signals for face-saving US females - HCC Low and High Context Frameworks
Direct vs. indirect: mannerisms – interpretation Direct verbal style Indirect verbal style attempt not to hurt others (face-saving) Complementary Animated conversational style Understated conversational style Verbal Style Comparisons
Talk & Silence • Cultural differences • HCC & LCC • French –absence of established relationship • European Americans – disapproval • Western – empty pauses • Break the ice; intimate relationships
JOHARI WINDOW • OPEN HIDDEN • BLIND UNKNOWN
FACE-NEGOTIATION • Face – social self-worth person wants others to have of him/her • Types: • Self-face concern – upholding our identities • Other-face concern – respect & support for other • Face loss – • Face issues