Using systemic functional linguistics as method in identifying semogenic strategies in intercultural communication. study of the collocation of “time” and “different” by Swedish managers with international management experiences

Abstract

Theoretical foundations to intercultural communication (ICC) are integrative and interdisciplinary but few have studied ICC fro. systemic linguistics perspective. Viewing communication a. dialogic process, this study take. systemic functional linguistics (SFL) view of language a. social semiotic where semogenesis (meaning making) is both construed and construed by context of situation which in turn is construed by culture. Using interview data collected from Swedish managers who have extensive international management experiences, this study aims to illustrate how SFL can be used as an adaptive theory and framework of discourse analysis in uncovering semogenic strategies in ICC processes.