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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH-CONTEXT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH-CONTEXT

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High-Context is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIGH-CONTEXT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

High- and low-context cultures

High-context culture and the contrasting low-context culture are terms presented by the anthropologist Edward T. Hall in his 1976 book Beyond Culture. It refers to a culture's tendency to use high-context messages over low-context messages in routine communication. This choice of speaking styles translates into a culture that will cater to in-groups, an in-group being a group that has similar experiences and expectations, from which inferences are drawn. In a higher-context culture, many things are left unsaid, letting the culture explain. Words and word choice become very important in higher-context communication, since a few words can communicate a complex message very effectively to an in-group, while in a low-context culture, the communicator needs to be much more explicit and the value of a single word is less important.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH-CONTEXT

high-achieving
high-angle shot
high-bandwidth digital content protection
high-carb
high-carbon steel
High-Churchman
high-class
high-colored
high-coloured
high-concept
high-definition
high-density
high-density disk
high-density housing
high-density lipoprotein
high-dependency
high-end
high-energy
high-energy physics
high-explosive shell

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH-CONTEXT

church text
ciphertext
context
greeked text
hypertext
intertext
low-context
martext
opaque context
plain text
pretext
sex-text
spintext
subtext
teletext
text
transparent context
Urtext
videotext

Synonyms and antonyms of high-context in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «high-context» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH-CONTEXT

Find out the translation of high-context to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of high-context from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high-context» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高语境
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alta contexto
570 millions of speakers

English

high-context
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च संदर्भ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ارتفاع السياق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высокого контекст
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de alta contexto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ প্রসঙ্গ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

haute contexte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Konteks tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

High-Context-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高コンテキストの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

높은 상황
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwur-konteks
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

- bối cảnh cao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சூழ்நிலைக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च संदर्भ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüksek bağlam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

high - context
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysoko -context
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

високого контекст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de înaltă context
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υψηλής - πλαίσιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë - konteks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hög kontext
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

high- sammenheng
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high-context

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-CONTEXT»

The term «high-context» is normally little used and occupies the 130.309 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-CONTEXT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «high-context» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «high-context» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high-context

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-CONTEXT»

Discover the use of high-context in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high-context and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Communication Between Cultures
84 His work revealed that cultures were often characterized by high- or low- context communication, which he described in the following manner: A high- context (HC) communication or message is one in which most of the information is already ...
Larry Samovar, Richard Porter, Edwin McDaniel, 2012
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Global Marketing and Advertising
Packed with cultural, company, and country examples that help explain the paradoxes international marketers are likely to encounter, Global Marketing and Advertising (by Marieke de Mooij) offers a mix of theory and practical applications as ...
Marieke de Mooij, 2013
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Intercultural Communication: A Practical Guide
To help you avoid such damaging gaffes, Tracy Novinger has compiled this authoritative, practical guide for deciphering and following "the rules" that govern cultures, demonstrating how these rules apply to the communication issues that ...
Tracy Novinger, 2013
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Business Communication: Process and Product
In high-context cultures (such as those in Japan, China, and Arab countries), the listener is already “contexted” and does not need to be given much background information.24 To identify low- and high-context countries, Hall arranged them on  ...
Mary Ellen Guffey, Dana Loewy, 2010
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Food and Culture
African Americans tend to be more high-context than white Americans, using cognitive, affective, and physical responses that may appear disruptive or overly emotional to whites.90 One way to patronize a person is to speak in a low-context  ...
Pamela Goyan Kittler, Kathryn Sucher, Marcia Nelms, 2011
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Retrospect of Western Travel
... at factors that are present for individuals rather than trying to classify large groups of people in the same manner. Two other theories discussed here are Hall's low-context, high-context approach and Hofstede's five dimensions of culture.
Harriet Martineau, 2000
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Business Communication
2 Continuum from High-Context to Low-Context Cultures High Context l I I I Japanese I Arab Mexican Italian French Canadian Chinese Greek Spanish French English American Low Context I I English Canadian Scandinavian German Note: ...
A.C. Krizan, Patricia Merrier, Joyce P. Logan, 2010
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Reading Between the Signs: Intercultural Communication for ...
... we can see how the basic difference between high and low context affects our perceptions on various levels. On the grammatical level, English fits the mold of a low- context language by its redundancy in comparison with high-context ASL.
Anna Mindess, 2011
9
Vietnam Today: A Guide to a Nation at a Crossroads
Vietnam is faced with pressing political social and economic problems but is full of promise and potential ''pulsating with energy and steeped in dreams.
Mark Ashwill, Thai Diep, 2011
10
Communicating Across Cultures
This thought-provoking text presents a new framework for understanding the impact of culture on communication and for helping students build intercultural communication competence.
Stella Ting-Toomey, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH-CONTEXT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high-context is used in the context of the following news items.
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Two-States: A Solution - International Policy Digest
Edward Hall talks about high-context and low-context cultures when it comes to how cultures communicate and express themselves that easily ... «International Policy Digest, Jul 15»
2
Hispanics' growth, cultural diversity present challenge, speaker says
Latinos are a high-context culture, he said, meaning one in which a person's identity is connected with the people around them. They are family ... «CatholicPhilly.com, Jul 15»
3
Johannes Nugroho: Context Is Key to Australia-Indonesia Ties
The perennially fragile relationship between the two countries can also be understood through the concept of “high-context culture” and its ... «Jakarta Globe, Jun 15»
4
3 Simple Rules For Communicating Effectively As A Leader
In the 1970s, anthropologist Edward T. Hall coined the phrase “high-context and low-context cultures” to describe the amount of background ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
5
High-context and Low-context Cultures: Applying Intercultural …
American anthropologist Edward T. Hall was known in part for identifying this notion of high-context and low-context in cultural communications. «Business 2 Community, Jun 15»
6
Meloto's social blunder
We Filipinos are high-context people - the way we receive and interpret what others are saying is dependent on the occasion, the people who ... «Manila Standard Today, May 15»
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Working With Asia: Six Tips to Mastering International Etiquette
In high-context Asian cultures, communication is indirect. Words can only be understood within the context of the speaker's body language and ... «Business 2 Community, Apr 15»
8
ThreatConnect, Inc. and CrowdStrike Partner to Strengthen Threat …
... users have a more powerful system to search, correlate, and take action on relevant, high-context indicators that are impacting their network. «MarketWatch, Apr 15»
9
Master Business Etiquette in Asia With These 8 Tips
In high-context Asian cultures, communication is indirect. Words can only be understood within the context of the speaker's body language and ... «ATD, Apr 15»
10
Q&A: Proxy Adviser ISS Pushes Getting Tough on Japan Corporate …
Japan is a “high-context culture.” ROE is in the newspapers. It is in the magazines at convenience stores. It is imprinted in people's minds. «Wall Street Journal, Mar 15»

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