In today's globalized world of international contact and multicultural interaction, effective intercultural communication is increasingly seen as a pre-requisite for social harmony and organisational success. This handbook takes a?problem-solving? approach to the various issues that arise in real-life intercultural interaction. The editors have brought together experts from a range of disciplines, including linguistics, psychology and anthropology, to provide a multidisciplinary perspective on the field, whilst simultaneously anchoring it in Applied Linguistics. Key features: provides a state.
Discourse, cultural diversity and communication : a linguistic anthropological perspective / John Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumperz -- Cognitive pragmatic perspective on communication and culture / Vladimir Žegarac -- Psychological perspectives : social psychology, language and intercultural communication / Madeleine Brabant, Bernadette Watson and Cindy Gallois -- Emotion and intercultural adjustment / David Matsumoto, Seung Hee You and Jeffrey A. LeRoux -- Multidisciplinary perspectives on intercultural conflict : the 'Bermuda Triangle' of conflict, culture and communication / Nathalie van Meurs and Helen Spencer-Oatey -- Intercultural communication and the relevance of cultural specific repertoires of communicative genres / Susanne Günthner -- Humour across cultures : joking in the multicultural workplace / Meredith Marra and Janet Holmes -- Ritual and style across cultures / Helga Kotthoff -- Lingua franca communication in multiethnic contexts / Christiane Meierkord -- Impact of culture on interpreter behaviour / Helen Spencer-Oatey and Jianyu Xing -- Intercultural communication in healthcare settings / Celia Roberts -- Differences and difficulties in intercultural management interaction / Peter Franklin -- Understanding Aboriginal silence in legal contexts / Diana Eades -- Schools and cultural difference / Albert Scherr -- Cultural context of media interpretation / Perry Hinton -- Cross-cultural communication in intimate relationships / Ingrid Piller -- Discrimination in discourse / Martin Reisigl -- Power and dominance in intercultural communication / Winfried Thielmann -- Communicating identity in intercultural communication / Janet Spreckels and Helga Kotthoff -- Communities of practice in the analysis of intercultural communication / Saskia Corder and Miriam Meyerhoff -- Intercultural competence and assessment : perspectives from the INCA project / Elisabeth Prechtl and Anne Davidson Lund -- Intercultural training / Martina Rost-Roth -- Adapting authentic workplace talk for workplace communication training / Jonathan Newton.