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Crosscultural Differences – Rhetorical Strategies

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ss-12 conversational features

‘Rhetorical strategies’ refers to how what one says is organized.
Chinese professionals often first provide background info (history), then transition to main point
(How do you decide what topic to research?)
Because now, things have changed. It’s different from the past. In the past, we emphasized how to solve practical problems. Nutritionists must know how to solve some deficiency diseases. In our country, we have some nutritional diseases. But now it is important that we must do some basic research. So, we must take into account fundamental problems. We must concentrate our research to study some fundamental research.

Often expresses direct disagreement, followed by backing down
A: So in your family were you treated differently from your brothers in other ways?
B: No, not in other ways, but yeah yes I was. They didn’t allow me.

Signals of in-group membership
Maori:
R: Tikitiki, well we’re across the river from there and
N: ae.
R: If we wanted to go to Tikitiki we had to go right around to Ruatoria. And that was in winter.
N: in winter eh.
Malay:
Eh Mala, where on earth you went ah? I searching, searching all over the place for you – no sign til one o’clock, so I pun got hungry, I went for makan.

It is difficult to train people to change their patterns of synchronized, harmonious conversational interaction.
But it is possible to

Sensitize people to observe and minimize conditions that lead to a sense of discomfort in verbal interactions.
Accommodate different rhetorical strategies in crosscultural communication

By uttering a string of meaningful sounds, we perform not only the act of speaking, but also a variety of acts such as informing, questioning, ordering, etc., via the act of speaking.

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