The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication

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

Introduction  Jane Jackson





Section I: Foundations of Language and Intercultural Communication











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







Culture, communication, context and power   Adrian Holliday







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







Interculturality and intercultural pragmatics   Istvan Kecskes







Conceptualizing intercultural (communicative) competence and intercultural citizenship   Michael Byram



Section II: Core Themes and issues





Culture and verbal/nonverbal communication and culture 









Linguaculture and transnationality: the cultural dimensions of language  Karen Risager







Intercultural rhetoric and intercultural communication  Dwight Atkinson







Nonverbal communication: The messages of emotion, action, space and silence  David Matsumoto and Hyi-sung Hwang







Speech acts, facework and politeness: Relationship-building across cultures Winnie Cheng



Language, identity, and intercultural communication









Gender, language, identity and intercultural communication  Xingsong Shi and Juliet Langman







Cultural identity, representation and Othering  Fred Dervin







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







Intercultural contact, hybridity and third space  Claire Kramsch and Michiko Uryu



Understanding intercultural transitions: From adjustment to acculturation









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







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



Intercultural communicative competence: Multiple conceptual approaches









Language: An essential component of intercultural communicative competence  Alvino E. Fantini







Understanding intercultural conflict competence: Multiple theoretical insights Stella Ting-Toomey







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







World Englishes, intercultural communication and requisite competencies   Farzad Sharifian



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









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







Intercultural communicative competence through telecollaboration   Robert O’Dowd







Critical language and intercultural communication pedagogy   Manuela Guilherme







Intercultural training in the global context   Kathryn Sorrells







Multiple strategies for assessing intercultural communicative competence   Alvino E. Fantini



Section IV: Language and Intercultural Communication in Context






Second language teacher education   Michael Kelly







The English as a foreign or international language classroom   Phyllis Ryan







The multicultural classroom   Jennifer Mahon and Ken Cushner







Education abroad   Jane Jackson







Business and management education   Prue Holmes







Professional and workplace settings   Martin Warren







Translation, interpreting and intercultural communication   Juliane House







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







Legal contexts   Christoph A. Hafner







Tourism   Gavin Jack and Alison Phipps



Section V: New Debates and future directions






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





Index