Metaphor as a Tool for Preparing Sojourners

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dc.contributor.authorBayliss, Laurenen
dc.contributor.committeechairMagee, Robert G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberChen, Yi-Chun Yvonnesen
dc.contributor.committeememberWaymer, Damion M.en
dc.contributor.departmentCommunication Studiesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:36:23Zen
dc.date.adate2012-05-30en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:36:23Zen
dc.date.issued2012-04-30en
dc.date.rdate2012-05-30en
dc.date.sdate2012-05-11en
dc.description.abstractSojourners, or people who live in a foreign country for a limited period of time, must prepare to communicate effectively in a foreign culture. Current theory suggests that sojourners learn to develop primary social interaction schemas to prepare for intercultural communication. Because sojourners may not stay in a country long enough to develop schemas, sojourners could benefit from a tool designed to help them acquire schemas for their host countries. Conceptual and situation metaphors can help sojourners gain useful insights into the cultures they prepare to face. To investigate metaphors that may assist sojourners, international students studying in the United States were interviewed to uncover the metaphors they already used to describe their experiences, as well as to see if new metaphors could be created to assist future sojourners. The conceptual and situation metaphors uncovered are discussed in within the framework of schemas.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05112012-224908en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05112012-224908/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32611en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartBayliss_LC_T_2012.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectintercultural communicationen
dc.subjectconceptual metaphoren
dc.subjectsojourneren
dc.titleMetaphor as a Tool for Preparing Sojournersen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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