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the essential core of culture consists of traditional (.,historically derived and selected) ideas and attached values. ’s definition: (Culture consists of) a set mental programes that control an individual’s response in a given context. 5. Clifford Geertz’s definition: Culture is an historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols, a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic form by means of which men municate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes towards life . ’s definition (Refer to ) Frost’s definition() and PLog’s definition() definition of the authors (Refer to ) 。 2. Domestic Contact 1) changes in the meaning of the word American. 2) Definition of co_culture (subculture and subgroup ) Co_culture is a culture that exists in a dominant culture in which the members, like the members of the dominant culture, share perceptions, values, modes of munication, and lifestyles that made them unique, different from the members of the dominant culture. 1. Approaching Intercultural Communication 2. The Content of Intercultural Communication 3. A Philosophy of Intercultural Communication 4. Studying Intercultural Communication 5. Individualism Objectivity Part Two Communication and Culture: The Voice and the Echo I. About the word Communication 1) Origin: The English word “Communication ”originates from Latin word “monis”, which means mon. The concept of munication is closely connected with the meaning of monness(共同 /共享 ) 2) Meanings: Some anthropologists and the authors of this book munication and culture are closely linked, the two terms are virtually synonymous. Culture is the foundation of munication 3) Translation in Chinese: “交際 ” (From the linguistic perspective ,meaning intercourse) “溝通 ” (From the psychological perspective ,meaning link up ) “ 傳播 ” ( In mass mediem, It means methods of sending imformation by telephone… ) “ 交通 ”“ 傳通 ” …… definitions of munication Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary: Communication is defined as the activity or process of giving information to other people or to other living things using signals such as speech, body movements, or radio signals. To sum it up, it is anything that adds meaning to a message. Communication is an everchanging process and the present munications have a great impact on the munication in the future. Companion to the English Language(McArthur,1993): Communication refer to the transmission of information( a massage)between source (sender) and reciever,by using signaling system. act by which one person gives to or receives from another person information about that person39。 ? changes in the world population。 ? 關(guān)世杰: 《 跨文化交流學(xué) 》 ,北京大學(xué)出版社, 1996 ? 鄧炎昌、劉潤清: Language and Culture1989. Part 1 Communic