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Song, Yang; Xia, Jinyuan – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2021
This qualitative study investigates the lived experiences of interculturality among international students enrolled in a top-rated comprehensive university in Shanghai and a key provincial university in China's hinterland. Based on an analysis of narrative interviews with 20 international students from different sociocultural backgrounds, the…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Language Usage, Socialization, English (Second Language)
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Abd el-Jawad, Hassan R. S. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2000
Addresses the issue of swearing, in the sense of oath taking, as a very frequent speech act in daily conversations in Jordan. A corpus of oaths exchanged by interlocutors in real-life contexts is analyzed. Shows that swearing exhibits an extensive amount of variation in form, usage, and function. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Arabic, Computational Linguistics, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries