In high-context cultures,
A)people rely more on nonverbal circumstances and cues to convey meaning.
B)people rely less on the environmental setting to convey meaning.
C)the rules of everyday life are highly explicit.
D)all of the above occur.

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A)In a high-context culture, words are less important than the context in which they are spoken. A high-context culture uses circumstances to add meaning to words, building a web of meaning around the words. The listener is expected to use the entire web of meaning to come to a unique and unambiguous understanding of what is being said.

In High-Context Cultures