Language and Communication in Cross-Cultural Qualitative Research
Language and Communication in Cross-Cultural Qualitative Research
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跨文化定性研究中的语言与交流
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2008
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M. Hennink
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M. Hennink
语言和沟通是定性探究的基石。语言是定性研究人员寻求理解人类行为、社会进程以及人类行为的文化意义的基本工具。然而，在进行跨文化研究时，语言和沟通问题变得更加复杂，往往需要口译员/笔译员作为“文化经纪人”的协助。跨文化研究提出了许多方法论、认识论和实践方面的挑战，这些挑战在定性研究中很少引起争议。本章概述了不同研究范式中语言和交流的认识论方法，并论证了其对定性探究的严谨性的影响。特别是，透明度、主观性和反身性等概念是定性研究中方法论严谨性的指标，尽管语言助手在知识生成及其文化解释中发挥着关键作用，但通常不适用于跨文化定性研究中的语言助手。改进跨文化定性研究涉及了解语言和沟通如何影响严谨性，并解决整个研究过程中的语言和沟通问题。未能认识和承认语言和沟通问题在跨文化研究中的作用可能会影响研究的严谨性和可靠性。
Language and communication are the bedrock of qualitative enquiry. Language is a fundamental tool through which qualitative researchers seek to understand human behaviour, social processes and the cultural meanings that inscribe human behaviour. However, when conducting cross-cultural research, issues of language and communication become more complex and often require the assistance of interpreters/translators as “cultural brokers”. Cross-cultural research poses numerous methodological, epistemological and practical challenges, which are rarely debated in qualitative research. This chapter outlines the epistemological approach to language and communication in different research paradigms and demonstrates the implications of this for the rigour of qualitative enquiry. In particular, concepts of transparency, subjectivity and reflexivity, which are indicators of methodological rigour in qualitative research, are typically not applied to language assistants in cross-cultural qualitative research despite the critical role of language assistants in the generation of knowledge and its cultural interpretation. Improving cross-cultural qualitative research involves understanding how language and communication can affect rigour and addressing language and communication issues that underlie the entire research process. Failure to recognise and acknowledge the role of language and communication issues in cross-cultural research may impact on the rigour and reliability of the research.
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2000
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Journal of the American Medical Women's Association (1972)
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Macklin,R
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Macklin,R