Talk:Metacommunicative competence

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Source: CICB Center of Intercultural Competence (www.cicb.net). Further source (in german language): "Handbuch Interktulturelle Kompetenz" (handbook intercultural competence, 2 volumes), ISBN 3-280-02691-1 and ISBN 3-280-05081-2. As Author of the book and founder of the institute (CICB) I agree licensing under GFDL of the here mentioned text (if possible with indication of source). --User: Mike2000. Email: baumer@cicb.net.

[edit] buzzwords

Can we remove some buzzwords from this thing? "Steeringly"? What is that? Perle 15:47, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Done --Mike2000 20:47, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal: Remove category:nonverbal communication

I think this topic is related to nonverbal communication, but is not a type of nonverbal communication. There should be a link to nonverbal communication as a related topic, but not inclusion in the category. Cbdorsett 08:56, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Metacommunicative competence can be unerstood as part (or also as generic term) of nonverbal communication. Although I'm open to remove the category, I suggest to keep it. --Mike2000 20:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposaal to merge "Metacommunicative Competence" with "Paralanguage"

Don't merge it.

These terms are very different from each other. Although there are a correlation and some common aspects, I wouldn't merge these two definitions. --Mike2000 20:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I think you hit the nail on the head, there. If Wikipedia were a dictionary, your point would be well taken. However, an encyclopedia is a collection of articles about subject areas, and each article talks about all the related concepts within one area. So I still think they should be merged. This does not mean that the two concepts will be written into one, just that they will appear in the same article, being contrasted and compared. This will promote understanding of both concepts. Cbdorsett 05:09, 8 February 2007 (UTC)