目录

  • 1 第一单元 An Introduction
    • 1.1 3 Basic Questions
    • 1.2 新建课程目录
    • 1.3 What is culture?
    • 1.4 What is communication?
    • 1.5 What is intercultural communication?
    • 1.6 Review复习
    • 1.7 跨文化交际学Unit one
  • 2 第二单元 Daily Verbal Communication (I)
    • 2.1 Form of Address
    • 2.2 Greeting
    • 2.3 Conversation Topics
    • 2.4 Visiting and Parting
    • 2.5 Application
  • 3 第三单元 Daily Verbal Communication (II)
    • 3.1 Compliments and Compliment Responses
    • 3.2 Gratitude and Apology
    • 3.3 Application
  • 4 第四单元 Verbal Communication
    • 4.1 Culturally Loaded Words
    • 4.2 Proverbs
    • 4.3 Taboos
    • 4.4 Thought Patterns
    • 4.5 Application
  • 5 第五单元 Nonverbal Communication
    • 5.1 Importance of Nonverbal Communication
    • 5.2 Time Language
    • 5.3 Space Language
    • 5.4 Body Language
    • 5.5 Paralanguage
    • 5.6 Application
  • 6 第六单元 Cross-Gender Communication
    • 6.1 Sex and Gender
    • 6.2 Feminine and Masculine Communication Cultures
    • 6.3 Cross-Gender Communication
    • 6.4 Application
  • 7 第七单元 Cultural Variations in Negotiation Styles
    • 7.1 Cultural Variations in Conducting Business
    • 7.2 Variations in Selecting Negotiators
    • 7.3 Cultural Variations in Decision-Making
    • 7.4 Application
  • 8 第八单元 Humor Interpretation in Intercultural Encounters
    • 8.1 Humor as a Pathway to Intercultural Communication Competence
    • 8.2 Ways to Understand Humor
    • 8.3 Application
  • 9 第九单元 Intercultural Personhood: An Integration of Eastern and Western Perspectives
    • 9.1 Different World Views
    • 9.2 Application
  • 10 Unit4 Family Values家庭价值观
    • 10.1 4.1 Family values 速课学习
    • 10.2 4.2观看以下视频,完成讨论
  • 11 Unit 6 Work values 工作观
    • 11.1 6.1 速课学习
    • 11.2 6.2观看TED演讲,完成讨论
  • 12 Unit 8 Leisure and Sports 体育与休闲
    • 12.1 速课学习
    • 12.2 知识拓展:观看视频
    • 12.3 阅读任务
  • 13 Unit 9 Food and Healthcare 食品与保健
    • 13.1 速课学习
      • 13.1.1 知识拓展:案例文章阅读
  • 14 Unit11 & Unit12 跨文化交际意识与能力
    • 14.1 速课学习
    • 14.2 知识拓展
Ways to Understand Humor

To help nonnative speakers understand humor, we need to treat humor as a type of enthymeme and provide them with the missing information. How can you put the following cartoon back into syllogism? 



The missing major premise is the world's largest coffee shop chain started in Seattle in 1971, Starbucks. 

In the cartoon, when Santa Claus says "They are my star bucks.", the words "star bucks" and "Starbucks" are homophonic. 

The following information are from https://www.punoftheday.com./homophonic-puns.shtml

A homophonic pun is where a word used in the pun sounds the same as another word with a different meaning. The two words don't have to sound the same, sometimes just sounding similar will be enough to make a pun. 

Examples of Homophonic Puns


A police dog is often the scenter of a drug arrest.


This pun uses the similar sound of the words center and scenter to give this pun its two possible meanings, where a police dog may be the main reason a drug arrest is made i.e. the center of the arrest or where the police dog uses smell to determine someone possessing drugs i.e. the police dog is the 'scenter'.

Can you understand the following cartoon by applying the knowledge above?