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Intercultural PragmaticLoading...
Language in Use

INTRODUCTION
Question : What will happens when meanings are exchanged between people who don’t share a common culture?

Brenka : Peter, When will you be back?
Petter : I should be back by eight, But you know what trains are like!
But = Metapragmatic Awareness
(shows an awareness of the effects in the language)
(shows an awareness of the effects in the language)
I should be back by eight .... but ... you know what trains are like

Clause 1

Clause 2
Formula : You know what X are like ?
Brenka
Cultural Membership
Petter

Culture-specific knowledge
Question : Could you classify each situation into communication type whether it’s intracultural, cross-cultural, intercultural or trans-cultural communication
