Language Arts and Literature

This lecture talks about how to communicate appropriately. Important concepts:

• in/auspicious word
• cultural script
• elaborate expression
• honouring expression
• humbling expression
• proverbs and sayings — peribahasa, chengyu
• speech style

Malu bertanya sesat jalan, malu berkayuh perahu hanyut.

If you're shy to ask you will get lost, if you refuse to paddle your canoe will drift.

狡兔三窟 jiǎotùsānkū

A crafty rabbit has three burrows

Readings and Resources

Slides: Communication and Culture

The reading is Goddard, Chapter 7: The art of speaking