• DocumentCode
    2013153
  • Title

    Communication through a common culture or language

  • Author

    Bowen, Margareta

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Interpretation & Translation, Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC, USA
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    18-20 Oct 1989
  • Firstpage
    278
  • Lastpage
    280
  • Abstract
    Communication takes place within a broad culture, whether one or more languages are involved. For communication to take place between different cultures, a higher level entity develops, and it can become a culture in itself. Examples are the large international organizations which have developed common terminology, phrases, and signals for their own purposes and most academic disciplines that communicate through a jargon uniquely their own. Examples illustrating this thesis are drawn from history (the seventeenth century in Europe) and from the author´s experience as a conference interpreter for international organizations which have developed common concepts, a common terminology, and certain conventions for their own purposes
  • Keywords
    economic and sociologic effects; nomenclature; technical presentation; academic disciplines; common concepts; common terminology; conference interpreter; conventions; history; jargon; large international organizations; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Europe; Global communication; Government; History; Military communication; Natural languages; Rhetoric; Terminology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Professional Communication Conference, 1989. IPCC '89. 'Communicating to the World.', International
  • Conference_Location
    Garden City, NY
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCC.1989.102148
  • Filename
    102148