Writing Around The World Book

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments x

Foreword xiii

Preface xv

1 Basic Principles of Intercultural Writing 1

1.1 Defining culture 5

1.2 Developing arguments 6

1.3 Sources and citation 8

1.4 Global coherence 10

1.5 Sentence cohesion 11

1.6 Matters of style 13

1.7 Culture and writing 15

2 Deepest Dimensions of Culture 16

2.1 Uncertainty 17

2.2 Social relationships 22

2.3 Communication 29

2.4 Rules 34

2.5 Time 39

3 Language and Culture 42

3.1 Language and thought 43

3.2 Attitude toward language 45

3.3 Digital and analog 47

3.4 Clarity and ambiguity 48

3.5 Formality and informality 51

3.6 Emotion and writing 54

3.7 Negative statements 55

4 Writing Around the World 58

4.1 Anatomy of a paper 60

4.2 Basic principles 80

4.3 Matters of form 88

4.4 Considering style 92

5 Ethics of Intercultural Writing 100

5.1 Responsible writing 101

5.2 Culture and illogical thinking 106

6 Intercultural Toolbox 122

6.1 Five tips for sentence cohension 124

6.2 Five tips for global coherence 124

6.3 Correctness and authority 125

6.4 Rules of writing 126

6.5 Misused words 127

6.6 Preparing for intercultural writing 129

Glossary 131

Recommended Reading 134

Index 135