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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the multidisciplinary field of intercultural communication, drawing on the expertise of leading scholars from diverse backgrounds. The Handbook is structured in five sections and covers historical perspectives, core issues and topics, and new debates in the field, with a particular focus on the language dimension. Among the key themes addressed are: the contested nature of culture; the language and culture nexus; the complex relationship between language, culture, identity, agency, power and context; conceptions of intercultural (communicative) competence; English as the principal medium for intercultural communication; and developments in intercultural communication research and praxis, among others. The Handbook includes an introduction and overview by the editor, which provides readers with an indication of the focus of each section and chapter.

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication is an essential resource for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of applied linguistics as well as those in related degrees such as applied English language and TESOL/TEFL. It will also be useful for researchers and students in other fields such as speech communication, cross-cultural communication, psychology and sociology, and anyone interested in language and intercultural communication." (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION I: FOUNDATIONS OF LANGUAGE AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

1. The history and development of the study of intercultural communication and applied linguistics / Judith N. Martin, Thomas K. Nakayama, and Donald Carbaugh

2. Culture, communication, context and power / Adrian Holliday

3. Language, identity and intercultural communication / Kimberly A. Noels, Tomoko Yashima, and Rui Zhang

4. Interculturality and intercultural pragmatics / Istvan Kecskes

5. Conceptualizing intercultural (communicative) competence and intercultural citizenship / Michael Byram

SECTION II CORE THEMES AND ISSUES: VERBAL/NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE

6. Linguaculture and transnationality: the cultural dimensions of language / Karen Risager

7. Intercultural rhetoric and intercultural communication / Dwight Atkinson

8. Nonverbal communication: the messages of emotion, action, space, and silence / David Matsumoto and Hyi-Sung Hwang

9. Speech acts, facework and politeness: relationship-building across cultures / Winnie Cheng

— Language, Identity and Intercultural Communication

10. Gender, language, identity, and intercultural communication / Xingsong Shi and Juliet Langman

11. Cultural identity, representation and othering / Fred Dervin

12. Other language learning, identity and intercultural communication in contexts of conflict / Constadina Charalambous and Ben Rampton

13. Intercultural contact, hybridity, and third space / Claire Kramsch and Michiko Uryu

— Understanding Intercultural Transitions: from Adjustment to Acculturation

14. Beyond cultural categories: communication, adaptation and transformation / Young Yun Kim

15. Acculturating intergroup vitalities, accomodation and contact / Howard Giles, Douglas Benilla, and Rebecca B. Speer

— Intercultural Communicative Competence: Multiple Conceptual Approaches

16. Language: an essential component of intercultural communicative competence / Alvino E. Fantini

17. Understanding intercultural conflict competence: multiple theoretical insights / Stella Ting-Toomey

18. The intercultural speaker and the acquisition of intercultural/global competence / Jane Wilkinson

19. World Englishes, intercultural communication and requisite comptences / Farzad Sharifian

SECTION III: THEORY INTO PRACTICE: TOWARDS INTERCULTURAL (COMMUNICATIVE) COMPETENCE AND CITIZENSHIP

20. An intercultural approach to second language / Barbara Seidlhofer

21. Intercultural communicative competence through telecollaboration / Robert O'Dowd

22. Critical language and intercultural communication pedagogy / Manuela Guilherme

23. Intercultural training in the global context / Kathryn Sorrells

24. Multiple strategies for assessing intercultural communicative competence / Alvino E. Fantini

SECTION IV: LANGUAGE AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT

25. Second language teacher education / Michael Kelly

26. The English as a foreign or international language classroom / Phyllis Ryan

27. The multicultural classroom / Jennifer Mahon and Kenneth Cushner

28. Education abroad / Jane Jackson

29. Business and management education / Prue Holmes

30. Professional and workplace settings / Martin Warren

31. Translation, interpreting and intercultural communication / Juliane House

32. Culture and health care: intergroup communication and its consequences / Bernadette Watson, Cindy Gallois, David G. Hewett, and Liz Jones

33. Legal contexts / Christoph A. Hafner

34. Tourism / Gavin Jack and Alison Phipps

SECTION V: NEW DEBATES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

35. A global agenda for intercultural communication research and practice / Malcolm N. MacDonald and John P. O'Regan

Bibliography

Index