Chinglish

Name: Weilong WangID: 14393574Lecture: Lionel

Title: Understanding Chinglish: A new play tires to bridge the language gap

Published by BBC News

Published time: 26 October 2011

Story: a struggling American businessman trying to win a Chinese business contract, with amusing consequences.

David Hwang

Bilingual play

“When a language is the person’s second language, slang, euphemism, and cultural thinking patterns can cause problem”- Chaney, Lillian H and Martin Jeanette S.

High-context language

Low-context language

Nonverbal Verbal

Language transmits little of explicit message

Message is explicit

Double Meaning Very direct

Restricted code More than one way to assure understanding

The concept of guanxi (interpersonal connections) in Chinese culture is a complex social construct that encompasses elements of trust and mutual obligation in interpersonal interaction.

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