How Does It Affect Technical Communication?
Some Data from China, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Italy SUMMARY * Investigates how individuals from different cultures perceive questioning and pausing/interrupting behavior * Demonstrates that culture can affect how different individuals perceive and interpret the same situation INTRODUCTION To date, technical communication has been strongly related to written forms of communication. However, articles in past issues of Technical communication have revealed that oral modes of communicating technological, scientific, and business information (including technical presentations and business negotiations) have increasingly become an essential part of professional technical communication practices. Moreover, the…