Which of the Following Options Is an Example of a Low-Context

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following options is an example of a low-context culture?

• A) Negotiators in Japan preferring not to flatly say "no" to a business request
• B) Lawyers in the United States making a contract as straightforward as possible
• C) Negotiators from China preferring not to involve lawyers until the very last phase of contract drafting
• D) The French relying heavily on unspoken conditions or assumptions

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Definitions:

Mean Length Of Utterance

A measurement used in the study of child language development that calculates the average number of morphemes per sentence in a child's speech sample.

MLU

Mean Length of Utterance, a measure used in language development research to estimate the complexity of children's speech.

Telegraphic Speech

Type of speech in which only the essential words are used.

MLU

Mean Length of Utterance, a measure in linguistics used to quantify the complexity of children's language development by calculating the average number of morphemes per sentence.