1.Intercultural communication refers to communication between people whose cultural perceptions and symbol systems are distinct enough to alter the communication event.
2.The term cross-cultural communication is typically used to refer to the study of a particular idea or concept within many cultures. The goal of such investigations is to conduct a series of intercultural analysis in order to compare one culture to another on the attributes of interests.
3.Interpersonal communication is a form of communication that involves a small number of individuals who are interacting exclusively with one another and who therefore have the ability both to adapt their messages specifically for those others and to obtain immediate interpretations from them.
4.Intracultural communication is defined as communication between and among members of the same culture. Generally, people who are of the same race, political persuasion, and religion or who share the same interests communicate intraculturally.
5.International communication takes place between nations and governments rather than individuals; it is quite formal and ritualized.
6.Interethnic communication refers to communication between people of the same race but different ethnic backgrounds.
7.Interracial communication occurs when the sender and the receiver exchanging messages are from different races that pertain to different physical characteristics.
8.Interregional Communication refers to the exchange of messages between members of the dominant culture within a country.
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跨文化交际
1. 跨文化交际指的是具有不同文化观念和符号系统的人在交流时对交流的对象进行相应的调整。
2. 跨文化交际一般是用来指对在不同文化领域内的某个特定的观念和想法的研究。这种研究的目的是分析不同的文化，使两种文化在利益关系上进行对比。
3. 人际交往是一种仅在少数人之间互动的交流形式，在交流的过程中，他们同时具备了专门去适应和快速理解对方语言的能力。
4. 同文化交际指的是在同一文化内两个或多个人之间的交流。一般说来，同一民族，具有相同的政治倾向，宗教理念和利益关系的人们属于同文化交际。
5. 国际间交流属于国家和政府间的交流，而非个人间的交流；该形式是非常正式和正规的。
6. 民族间的交流指同一个种族但并非相同民族的人们之间的交流。
7. 种族间的交流是发生在不同种族，不同长相的双方互相传递信息。
8. 地域间的交际是指一个国家里分享主流文化的人们互相之间的交流。