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The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication

Edited by Jane Jackson

Published November 30th 2011 by Routledge – 610 pages

Series: Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics

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Description

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 foundation of intercultural communication; core themes and issues; putting intercultural communication theory into practice; new debates and future directions. 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 the ideal resource for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of applied linguistics, TESOL/TEFL and communication studies.

Reviews

'This stimulating volume dwells in the realm of the "inter," engaging the complexity of the interdisciplinary perspective and the interrelated theories and models that inform our intercultural work. The text is beautifully constructed for both seasoned professionals and nonspecialists, with each chapter articulately unfolding a lucid review of core concepts, significant controversies, and new directions. It serves to remind us that we labor in disciplinary isolation at our own peril, and that the synthesis of powerful ideas is particularly vital for intercultural work. The Handbook is just such an integration, offering expertise, insight, and resources for teaching and learning language and culture.'

Janet M. Bennett, Ph. D, Executive Director, Intercultural Communication Institute, USA

'Jane Jackson has managed to assemble a multidisciplinary volume of amazing breadth. In a field as fragmented and contested as Intercultural Communication, the diversity and polyphony of research traditions, approaches and contexts brought together in this handbook is an impressive achievement.'

Ingrid Piller, Macquarie University, Australia

Contents

Introduction Jane Jackson

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 Donal 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

    6. Section II: Core Themes and issues

    Culture and 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

    10. 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

    14. Understanding intercultural transitions: From adjustment to acculturation

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

  15. Acculturating intergroup vitalities, accommodation and contact Howard Giles, Douglas Bonilla and Rebecca B. Speer

    16. 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 competencies Farzad Sharifian

    20. Section III: Theory into practice: Towards intercultural (communicative) competence and citizenship

  20. An intercultural approach to second language education and citizenship Peih-ying Lu and John Corbett

  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

    25. 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 Ken 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

    35. 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

Index

Author Bio

Jane Jackson is Professor of Applied English Linguistics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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