Professional Documents
Culture Documents
OF
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
It has become a widespread notion that
speakers’ use of different languages results
in intercultural miscommunication and
misunderstanding.
JAPANESE BOW
GERMAN BOW
SOURCES OF
MISUNDERSTANDING
AMBIGUITY
Ungrammaticality of
sentences.
GAPS IN WORLD
KNOWLEDGE
Gaps
in content rather than
language.
LOCAL CONTEXT
Misunderstanding of local
routine.