FIGHTING COVID-19: NATIONAL MEASURES AND THEIR CULTURAL ROOTS

Abstract: The paper examines governmental measures fighting the coronavirus infection in 6 countries across the world. Reviewed sources are official reports from national governmental agencies and media sources. The research method is discourse analysis. The research paradigm is based on Geert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions – Uncertainty Avoidance, Power Distance, Individualism… Read more“FIGHTING COVID-19: NATIONAL MEASURES AND THEIR CULTURAL ROOTS”

The Competence of Understanding in Intercultural Communication (Language Parallels)

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to present the process of understanding in communication according to the paradigm of cognitive linguistics. The views of modern linguists on the understanding as a heuristic and predetermined specific work in the on-line mode of communication are summarized. The difference with the structuralist… Read more“The Competence of Understanding in Intercultural Communication (Language Parallels)”