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Chinglish
Name: Weilong WangID: 14393574Lecture: Lionel
Title: Understanding Chinglish: A new play tires to bridge the language gap
Published by BBC News
Published time: 26 October 2011
Story: a struggling American businessman trying to win a Chinese business contract, with amusing consequences.
David Hwang
Bilingual play
“When a language is the person’s second language, slang, euphemism, and cultural thinking patterns can cause problem”- Chaney, Lillian H and Martin Jeanette S.
High-context language
Low-context language
Nonverbal Verbal
Language transmits little of explicit message
Message is explicit
Double Meaning Very direct
Restricted code More than one way to assure understanding
The concept of guanxi (interpersonal connections) in Chinese culture is a complex social construct that encompasses elements of trust and mutual obligation in interpersonal interaction.
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