TY - BOOK AU - Samovar,Larry A AU - Porter,Richard E AU - McDaniel,Edwin R AU - Roy,Carolyn S TI - Communication between cultures T2 - Wadsworth series in speech communication SN - 9781111349103 AV - HM 258 S191C 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Boston, MA PB - Cengage Learning KW - Intercultural communication KW - Communication and culture N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1.Intercultural Communication: Interaction in a multicultural world. -- 2. Communication and culture: The voice and the echo. -- 3. The deep structure of culture: Lessons from the family. -- 4. Cultural history: Our antecedents. -- 5. Worldview: Cultural explanations of life and death. -- 6. Cultural values: Guidelines for behavior. -- 7. Culture and identify: Situating the individual. -- 8. Verbal messages: Exchanging ideas through language. -- 9. Nonverbal communication: The messages of action, space, time, and silence. -- 10. Cultural influences on communication contexts: Responding to the setting N2 - From the Publisher: Communication between cultures helps you develop practical skills for improving your communicaiton with people from other cultures and provides a unique focus on the deep structure of culture, emphasizing the roles that family, religion, and history play in intercultural communication. The text book is divided into four interrelated parts: Part I introduces the study of communication and culture; Part II focuses on the ability of culture to shape and modify our view of reality; Part III puts the theory of intercultural communication into practice; and Part IV converts knowledge into action ER -