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General definitions of games unanimously emphasize their unproductive nature. While this nature as such seems obvious, it is useful to give some thought to the systemizing role of games, which often tend to be utilized in the more or less unconscious interpretation of communication context, including contexts perceived as foreign and unknown. In this article the author wishes to present several topics...
From the point of view of a culture researcher and linguist, the description of cross-cultural communication phenomena in terms of games, performed in fixed situations and according to certain rules, makes it possible to reveal the actor's objectives and methods of achieving them which apply in a certain communication environment. Both objectives and methods may essentially differ in the target communication...
Inter-cultural communication is carried out through contact between various social realities and interpretation schemes. It is possible to describe this phenomenon in terms of games, by comparing the different expectations of participants towards the course of communication events. Predictability in defining a situation as well as its course and participant roles are crucial for maintaining proper...
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