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Conceptualizing mindfulness-mindlessness in intercultural interaction

  • Vladimir Žegarac
    ,
  • Helen Spencer-Oatey
    ,
  • Ema Ushioda
  • University of Warwick
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Abstract

The concept of 'mindfulness' is increasingly used in the intercultural literature and yet so far it is largely just a heterogeneous construct with underspecified theoretical content. In this paper we draw on multidisciplinary perspectives to address this shortcoming and develop an integrated analysis of this important construct. We relate 'mindfulness' explicitly to the Relevance-theoretic concept of “manifestness”, and we incorporate insights from the psychology of motivation. We use extracts of authentic intercultural interactions to help explain and illustrate our arguments.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 75-97

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

International Journal of Language and Culture (Volume 1, Issue 1)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2014

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2014

ISSN

2214-3157

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/623678
  • Scopus: 84941005279

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