Some cross-cultural aspects of prosocial motivations

1976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut E. Luck
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Aspects

The Sino–US trade war in political cartoons: A synthesis of semiotic, cognitive, and cultural perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-497
Author(s):  
Cun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Mode ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Political Cartoons ◽  
Target Domain ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Trade War ◽  
The One ◽  
Charged Source ◽  
Metaphor And Metonymy

Abstract Economic globalization has resulted in more frequent trading frictions, some of which have escalated into trade wars such as the one between China and the US. Drawing on the same corpus built by Zhang and Forceville (Zhang, Cun & Charles Forceville. 2020. Metaphor and metonymy in Chinese and American political cartoons (2018–2019) about the Sino–US trade conflict. Pragmatics and Cognition 27(2). 476–501), and complementing insights of that paper, this paper investigates how the Sino–US trade war is metaphorically and metonymically constructed in 129 Chinese and American political cartoons respectively from a synthesized perspective. Based on comparative analyses, cross-cultural similarity and uniqueness in the semiotic, cognitive, and cultural aspects can be concluded as follows: (a) at the expression level, the shared dominant mode configuration pattern of metaphor and metonymy requires extra-textual knowledge to identify the target domain/concept while the source domain/vehicle concept is pinpointed through pictorial resources; (b) at the cognition level, “us” and “them” are distinctively evaluated by using the metonymy BODILY REACTION FOR EMOTION, cultural symbols, and the Great Chain metaphor. The Chinese cartoons converge on disapproving of “them” while the American cartoons converge on disapproving of “us” and diverge on conceptualizing “them”; (c) a variety of cross-cultural default scenarios are employed in the Chinese cartoons whereas the American cartoons utilize non-default scenarios influenced by only American cultures. Both aim for persuasiveness by employing emotionally charged source domains/vehicle concepts, but to different audiences.

Revisiting Sitting Cross-Cultural Aspects of Seating

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 814-819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kageyu Noro ◽  
Rani Lueder ◽  
Shunji Yamada ◽  
Goroh Fujimaki ◽  
Hideki Oyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Aspects

scholarly journals Revisiting Doing Business in the Middle East

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-57
Author(s):  
David Desplaces ◽  
Nancy K. McIntyre
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
International Management ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Conflict ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Team Environment ◽  
A Company

This case engages students on a number of issues common to doing business in other countries, specifically in the Middle East. It is intended to be a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of the situation. The case seeks to integrate issues of international management and cross-cultural conflict and negotiation. Students are challenged to diagnose a cross-culturally sensitive situation and develop solutions in a team environment under limiting time restraints. This case is also designed to help students understand the cultural aspects of a situation and how different solutions could have major consequences on the bottom line of a company.

CONTRASTIVE RHETORIC: CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF SECOND-LANGUAGE WRITING.Ulla Connor. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xv + 201. $47.95 cloth, $18.95 paper.

1998 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-116
Author(s):  
Dave Mosher
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Contrastive Rhetoric ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The Past ◽  
Writing Major ◽  
Cognitive Dimensions

This volume charts the development of contrastive rhetoric (CR) over the past 30 years. Although CR has not attempted to identify developmental stages of L2 writers, it is essentially the study of transfer: the influence of L1 writing conventions and cultural and cognitive dimensions on L2 writing. Major strengths of this book are its critical review of the literature, concise definitions, and documentation of the progression of CR from narrow L2 text-based analyses to the inclusion of multiple approaches.

scholarly journals Interculturalism as a means toward cultural inclusiveness and cross-cultural dialogue:

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Stefan Gröschl
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Cultural Dialogue ◽  
Cultural Inclusiveness

Using a case study approach, this article explores the role of the Jose Domingo de Obaldia maternity hospital in Western Panama, and its policies and practices for responding to the cultural differences between Panamanian hospital staff and pregnant Ngöble Buglé patients, and their different understanding of health and illness that has been shaped by principles of traditional medicine. Using a range of in-depth interviews with hospitality staff and management and intercultural interpreters, this study explores how cultural aspects and differences can be of a compound and complex nature, requiring strong intercultural understanding, awareness andcross-cultural dialogue. The case of the Ngöble Buglé illustrates how interculturalism can foster such cultural inclusiveness and cross-cultural dialogue, and how interculturalism can have implications for other Indigenous communities in Latin America, and for non-Indigenous communities facing increasingly cultural diverse environments and contexts.

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