Importance of Environment and Context in Effective...

Any speech utterance cannot be occurred without an environment or a context, but instead each is related and deepened by the social and cultural backgrounds. That is, any speech utterance or act is culturally affected and interpreted. Thus, misunderstanding and miscommunication happen when interlocutors do not aware of the cultural variability for the utterances of each. Being familiar with the cultural variability and pragmatic rules of a certain culture and language, is significantly essential for achieving effective communication. That is, using these rules or norms does not mean necessarily that speakers obey them at all times and situations, but even if interlocutors, want to interact with each other impolitely or in a wrong way, they need to be aware of what forms a suitable behavior in order to violate it; therefore, what is seen to be polite or appropriate or not by interlocutors in a particular language and culture is highly related to their cultural variability and norms (Schauer, 2009:13). Wierzbicka (2003:67) remarks that anyone who has lived for a long period in two different countries identifies that people in different countries communicate with others in different styles- not only for using different linguistic strategies having different grammars, but because their ways of using those styles which are also different. 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