Conceptualizing mindfulness-mindlessness in intercultural interaction
Issue Date
2014-01-01Subjects
mindfulnessmotivation
relevance
manifestness
susceptibility
intercultural communication
attentional state
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The concept of 'mindfulness' is increasingly used in the intercultural literature and yet so far it is largely just a heterogeneous construct with underspecified theoretical content. In this paper we draw on multidisciplinary perspectives to address this shortcoming and develop an integrated analysis of this important construct. We relate 'mindfulness' explicitly to the Relevance-theoretic concept of “manifestness”, and we incorporate insights from the psychology of motivation. We use extracts of authentic intercultural interactions to help explain and illustrate our arguments.Citation
Žegarac V, Spencer-Oatey H, Ushioda E (2014) 'Conceptualizing mindfulness-mindlessness in intercultural interaction', International Journal of Language and Culture, 1 (1), pp.75-97.Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing CompanyType
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enISSN
2214-3157EISSN
2214-3165ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1075/ijolc.1.1.05zeg