A mathematical model for intercultural interactions: Making connections and increasing harmony.

Employs sociolinguistic theory to create a parallel distributed processing (PDP) model, which is used to demonstrate the inadequacy of a normative approach to training. Methods for teaching intercultural communication skills are frequently based on identifying norms of communication in different cu...

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Publicado en:Journal of Communication Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 81 - 101
Autores principales: Armstrong, G. Blake, Bauman, Isabelle
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Winter93
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Sumario:Employs sociolinguistic theory to create a parallel distributed processing (PDP) model, which is used to demonstrate the inadequacy of a normative approach to training. Methods for teaching intercultural communication skills are frequently based on identifying norms of communication in different cultures. Communicators normally infer relational intentions from socially linguistic and discourse features; The probabilogical inference process; More.