chronemics
Sign in to saveChronemics is an anthropological, philosophical, and linguistic subdiscipline that describes how time is perceived, coded, and communicated across a given culture. It is one of several subcategories to emerge from the study of nonverbal communication.
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22 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Monochronic time
- Polychronic time
- Measuring polychronicity
- Predictable patterns between cultures with differing time systems
- Cross-cultural perspectives on time
- Time orientations
- Time orientation and consumers
- Culture and diplomacy
- Cultural roots
- Influence on global affairs
- Control of time in interpersonal relationships
- Waiting time
- Talk time
- Work time
- Associated theories
- Expectancy violations theory
- Interpersonal adaptation theory
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Chronemics is an anthropological, philosophical, and linguistic subdiscipline that describes how time is perceived, coded, and communicated across a given culture. It is one of several subcategories to emerge from the study of nonverbal communication.
According to the Encyclopedia of Special Education, "Chronemics includes time orientation, understanding and organisation, the use of and reaction to time pressures, the innate and learned awareness of time, by physically wearing or not wearing a watch, arriving, starting, and ending late or on time." A person's perception and values placed on time plays a considerable role in their communication process.