The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication

Introduction Jane JacksonSection I: Foundations of Language and Intercultural CommunicationThe history and development of the study of intercultural communication and applied linguistics Judith N. Martin, Thomas K. Nakayama and Donal CarbaughCulture, communication, context and power Adrian Holliday Language, identity and intercultural communication Kimberly A. Noels, Tomoko Yashima and Rui ZhangInterculturality and intercultural pragmatics Istvan KecskesConceptualizing intercultural (communicative) competence and intercultural citizenship Michael ByramSection II: Core Themes and issuesCulture and verbal/nonverbal communication and cultureLinguaculture and transnationality: the cultural dimensions of language Karen RisagerIntercultural rhetoric and intercultural communication Dwight AtkinsonNonverbal communication: The messages of emotion, action, space and silence David Matsumoto and Hyi-sung HwangSpeech acts, facework and politeness: Relationship-building across cultures Winnie ChengLanguage, identity, and intercultural communicationGender, language, identity and intercultural communication Xingsong Shi and Juliet LangmanCultural identity, representation and Othering Fred DervinOther-language learning, identity and intercultural communication in contexts of conflict Constadina Charalambous and Ben RamptonIntercultural contact, hybridity and third space Claire Kramsch and Michiko UryuUnderstanding intercultural transitions: From adjustment to acculturationBeyond cultural categories: communication, adaptation and transformation Young Yun KimAcculturating intergroup vitalities, accommodation and contact Howard Giles, Douglas Bonilla and Rebecca B. SpeerIntercultural communicative competence: Multiple conceptual approachesLanguage: An essential component of intercultural communicative competence Alvino E. FantiniUnderstanding intercultural conflict competence: Multiple theoretical insights Stella Ting-ToomeyThe intercultural speaker and the acquisition of

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

'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 'Essential. This timely project brings varied disciplinary spheres together via well-researched work from scholars across the globe... The essays coalesce into a tour de force that embraces the multi-layered interactions involving language choice defined by psychological, economical, political, religious, and ethical factors.' -- K. Liu, CUNY, CHOICE Magazine