Interruptions in Intra- and Inter-cultural Discourse
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This study examines patterns of interruption and turn taking in intra- and intercultural dyadic discourse. In particular, this study attempts to explain one kind of cultural difference using the concepts of individualism and collectivism developed by Hofstede (1980). In collectivist cultures, where harmony is valued, people tend to avoid argument ; therefore, they have fewer interruptions comparatively, and tend to use a cooperative interruptive style. In contrast, people in individualist cultures value independence and identify themselves as individuals rather than members of a group. They usually wish to have their opinion heard in conversations and as a result, tend to use more interruptions, especially intrusive interruptions. Eighty participants in 40 intra- and inter-cultural dyads on videotapes were utilized (Li, 1994). In the videotapes, there were four experimental conditions : Canadian/Canadian, Chinese/Canadian, Canadian/Chinese, and Chinese/Chinese (Li, 1994). Two hypotheses were tested : one that Chinese/Chinese interactions would be characterized by cooperative interruption: The Chinese are considered to be collectivist, and thus if they interrupt, they would tend to use more cooperative interruption. This was confirmed. Hypothesis two proposed that Canadian/Canadian interruptions would be more intrusive since Canadians are considered to be individualists. Though Canadians did use more intrusive than cooperative interruption in intra-cultural dyads, hypothesis two was not confirmed by the inter-cultural Canadian pairs. This surprising result indicates the need for more research into an added dimension of inter-cultural communication : cross-cultural awareness.
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