The Influence of Cultural Values on Language Communication Styles in Intercultural Communication

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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.366How to use a DOI?

Keywords

communication style, cultural values, intercultural communication

Abstract

Cultural values are highly regional. Eastern societies represented by China and Japan have cultural values of collectivism, high power distance index, and high context. In western society, cultural values of individualism, low power distance index, and low context are the mainstream. Differences in cultural values play a decisive role in communication styles. This paper attempts to classify language communication styles in six categories based on different cultural values, specifically spiral type — linear type, stepping stone type — paving stone type, interpersonal relationship-valued type — information-valued type, and analyzes the influence of cultural values behind it. In the end, it can be concluded that from the perspective of the broad communicative environment, that is, cultural values, the communication style of the eastern society belongs to spiral type, stepping stone type, and interpersonal relationship-valued type. The communication style of western society belongs to linear type, paving stone type, and information-valued type.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Siyan Guo
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/18
TI  - The Influence of Cultural Values on Language Communication Styles in Intercultural Communication
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 403
EP  - 406
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.366
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.366
ID  - Guo2020
ER  -