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英文文摘
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Chapter One Introduction
1.1 The Significance of This Research
1.2 Objectives of This Thesis
1.3 Research Method
1.4 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review and Theoretical Framework
2.1 Covert Culture
2.1.1 The Original Description about Covert Culture
2.1.2 Current Focus on Covert Culture in Chinese researches
2.2 Exposure of Covert Culture
2.2.1 Divisions of Cultural Levels
2.2.2 The Relationship between Covert Culture and Deep Structure of Culture
2.3 Cultural Pattern
2.3.1 Cultural Pattern
2.3.2 Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's Activity Orientation
2.3.3 Hall's High- and Low-Context Cultural Taxonomy
2.3.4 Hofstede's Collectivism and Individualism
2.3.5 A Brief Conclusion
2.4 Intercultural Communication Failure
Chapter Three Methodology and Research Design
3.1 Research questions and hypotheses
3.2 Subjects
3.3 Instruments
3.3.1 Pilot study
3.3.2 Questionnaire
3.3.3 Interview
3.4 Data Collection and Data Analysis
Chapter Four Results and Discussions
4.1 Results
4.1.1 Questionnaire Results
4.1.2 Interview Results
4.2 Discussions
4.2.1 Discussion on Ignoring Covert Culture
4.2.2 Discussion on the Awareness of Covert Culture
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major Findings
5.2 Implications
5.3 Limitations of this Study and Suggestions for Further Study
Bibliography
Appendix 1 Questionnaire on covert culture
Appendix 2 Paper Instructions
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