Communication and Cross-Cultural Adaptation
Author: Young Yun Kim
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- Ebook(PDF)
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- ISBN:
- 9780585259710
- Published:
- 8th Apr 1988
- Publisher:
- Multilingual Matters
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- Available
This text deals with cross-cultural adaptation of immigrants, refugees and sojourners and presents interdisciplinary theory in anthropology, communication, psychiatry, psychology, sociology and linguistics. It emphasizes cross-cultural experiences and social integration.
Preface
PART I. INTRODUCTION
1. Contexts of cross-cultural adaptation
2. Existing approaches: review and analysis
PART II. THE THEORY
3. Organising principles and assumptions
4. Cross-cultural adaptation: axioms
5. Theorems and the model
PART III. ELABORATION OF THE THEORY
6. Host communication competence
7. Social communication
8. Host environment and predisposition
9. Adaptation outcomes
PART IV. THE THEORY AND THE REALITY
10. Testing the theory: toward an integrative approach
11. Practical considerations