Language & Intercultural Communication
Editor: Dr John Corbett (University of Glasgow)
Associate Editor: Robert Crawshaw (Lancaster University)
Reviews and Criticism Editor: Dr Fiona J. Doloughan (University of Surrey)
Editorial Board: Gavin Jack (University of Stirling)
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Volume: 2 Number: 2 Page: 120–139
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The Interaction Between Language and Culture: A Test of the Cultural Accommodation Hypothesis in Seven Countries
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Anne-Wil Harzing and Martha Maznevski
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We investigate the cultural accommodation hypothesis in questionnaire-based research: Do respondents adjust their responses in a way that reflects the cultural values associated with the language of the
questionnaire? A test of this hypothesis with a sample of university students in seven countries indicates that cultural accommodation plays an important role in cross-language research.
Wir testen die
Hypothese der kulturellen Anpassung in auf Fragebägen basierten Forschungsprojekten: Passen die Teilnehmer ihre Antworten den kulturellen Werten an, die mit der Sprache des Fragebogen verbunden sind?
Ein Test dieser Hypothese anhand einer Umfrage unter Universitätsstudenten in sieben Ländern zeigt, das kulturelle Anpassung in der Tat eine wichtige Rolle in interlinguistischer Forschung einnimmt.
© Multilingual Matters 2002
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