Historical context and intercultural communication
Interactions between Japanese and American factory workers in the American South
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2880169 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yukako Sunaoshi (Gunma Prefectural Women's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 02 |
| Publication date | 2005-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404505050086 |
| OpenAlex | W2142852294 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article underscores the importance of examining interlocutors' history in studies of intercultural communication. Five historical factors and four contextual factors are proposed and illustrated with interview and videotaped data, showing how each factor predetermines the interactants' power dynamics, thus shaping and influencing the process and outcome of interaction. Analyzing videotaped interactions between Japanese technical supporters and American workers on the production floor also demonstrates the interlocutors' creative utilization of available communicative resources and co-construction of meaning as interactions unfold. This co-construction of meaning occurs despite the severely limited knowledge of the other group's language and sociolinguistic norms.I thank all the study participants at Japan Die Company, who spent their precious time for my research. I am indebted to Miyako Inoue, Elizabeth Keating, Keith Walters, and Tony Woodbury for providing me with useful comments, insights, and encouragement, and Ellen Nakamura for proofreading the text. Thanks also to the School of Asian Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, for supporting my writing of this article. Earlier versions of this project were presented at Stanford University, Nagoya University, and Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, and I appreciate the audiences' valuable feedback
Context (archaeology) · Factory (object-oriented programming) · Intercultural communication · Meaning (existential) · Media studies · Pedagogy · Power (physics) · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Gender Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,84 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2024 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |