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Learning more about cultures through free word association data

Alena Korshuk (1)
1. Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v5i1.401

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2005)
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2003 July 13
Published
2005 March 15
Keywords:
    Culture, free word association, experiment, comparison, cultural values
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The paper is discussing some issues connected with verbal codes of communication. It re-introduces one of the experimental methods of cultural studies. The author shows the opportunities provided by the use of free word association experiment in cultural, cross- and intercultural analyses. To investigate how languages reflect differences in the cultural values of the Americans and of the Belarusians the author compares the free word association experiment data collected in Minnesota (USA) and in Minsk (Belarus) in 1999-2000.

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Alena Korshuk
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Author Biography

Alena Korshuk

Alena Korshuk holds a B.A. in English, French and Programming from Minsk Lingusitic University and a Ph.D. in psycholinguistics from the Belarusian State University, Minsk. She is presently a Reader (Associate Professor) at the Belarusian State University, teaching Intercultural Communciation and English for Professional Purposes. She has over 70 publications in the fields of intercultural communciation, bilingualism, psycholinguistics and human rights. In 1999 she received a DAAD research grant (Chemnitz University, Germany). In 2000 she won a Fullbright Research Grant, and in 2002 she participated in the Summer University program at Central European University in Budapest. In 2003 she attended a CRC (Curriculum Resource Centre) session at CEU, Budapest. She is a member ot the Salzburg Seminar alumni (session 410, 2003).

Korshuk, A. (2005). Learning more about cultures through free word association data. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 5(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v5i1.401
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Korshuk, A. (2005). Learning more about cultures through free word association data. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 5(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v5i1.401