| Chapter 7: Verbal Intercultural Communication | Heart of a Muslim | Cross-Cultural Argument |
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What is Symbols
Words, actions, or objects that stand for units of meaning
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Who is Jamal Rahman
The author of this article
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What is Musayra
The Arab interactional ethos (to accommodate)
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What is a phoneme
Basic sound unit of a language
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What is inner work
To nourish the soul through prayers, silence, nature, play
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What is Dugri
The Jewish/Israeli interactional ethos (direct)
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What is Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis of Linguistic Relativity (Firm view)
The idea that language functions like a prison
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What is a martyr
A witness to the truth and gives life to it
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What are majorities
The group that tends to agree more and disagree less - creates persuasive unity
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What is Syntactics
The relationship of words to one another (e.g. adjective before/after the noun)
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What is the dialogue of hands
The participating in collaborative projects, often sharing the struggle of peace, justice, and earth care
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What are Repetition, Indirectness, Elaboration, Affectiveness
The four communication features of the Arab interactional ethos
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What is Argot
Specialized language that is used by a large group within a culture
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Who is Kabir
The 15th century Sufi mystic who said "Do what is right but never leave the person out of your heart"
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What are starting points, developing points, convergence markers, prompters, delimitors
The name of all 5 parts in the anatomy of an argument
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