Indirectness

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Psychology

 

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Vera G

 

Date added:

August 14, 2014

 

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University

 

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A

 

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2 / 370

 

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Many Americans find it self-evident that directness is logical and aligned with power whereas indirectness is akin to dishonesty and reflects subservience. But for speakers raised in most of the world's cultures, varieties of indirectness are the norm in communication. This is the pattern found by Japanese sociolinguist Kunihiko Harada...
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This is the pattern found by Japanese sociolinguist Kunihiko Harada. There is actually a suggestion that men are more indirect than women. However we are all indirect, meaning more than we put into words and deriving meaning from others that they never actually say. It's a matter of where, when, and how we each tend to be indirect and look for hidden meanings...
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