POLITENESS IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY: STUMBLING BLOCKS

Abstract

Study of the main principles of politeness in cross-cultural communication enables to avoid misunderstanding and ambiguity thus providing effective communication. The phenomenon of politeness is universal and at the same time is culture-specific. The article discusses some frequent ways of minimizing communicative pressure and describes the main stumbling blocks to effective communication amongst whish are language, non-verbal communication, preconceptions, anxiety, tendency to a quick evaluation.

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• Published: February 1, 2016.

Keywords

• вежливость
• успешная кросс-культурная коммуникация
• культурно-специфичные ценности
• коммуникативная стратегия
• Максимы
• иллокутивный акт
• дистанция
• politeness
• successful cross-cultural communication
• culture-specific values
• communication strategy
• Maxims
• illocutionary act
• spatial distance

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