Meaning of high context culture | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

Examples

“Americans (from a low context culture) will complain that Japanese speakers (from a high context culture) never "get to the point." This is due to a failure to recognize that high context cultures must provide a context and setting and let the point evolve.”

“In high context cultures, however, besides the spoken word, body language, gestures, shaking of the head and hand, each convey some meaning.”

“In high context cultures, most of the information is either in the physical context, or internalized in the person.”

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