本书阐释了跨文化互动的理论、实践和研究，体现了跨文化交际过程的复杂性和跨文化交际学的多学科综合特征。书中所选的文化互动实例全部源于真实交际场合，反映了跨文化交际学的最新研究成果，能开阔读者的学术视野，为从事这一学科的研究者提供了新的方法。

List of Figures
General Editors" Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
1.1 Aim and readership of the book
1.2 Title of the book
1.3 Authors' subjectivity
1.4 Overview of the book
Part 1 Conceptualizing Intercultural Interaction
2 Unpacking Culture
2.1 Defining culture
2.2 Etic frameworks for comparing cultures:multtdtsciplinaryperspectives
2.2.1 Frameworks in psychology
2.2.2 Frameworks in anthropology
2.2.3 Frameworks in international business

List of Figures
General Editors" Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
1.1 Aim and readership of the book
1.2 Title of the book
1.3 Authors' subjectivity
1.4 Overview of the book
Part 1 Conceptualizing Intercultural Interaction
2 Unpacking Culture
2.1 Defining culture
2.2 Etic frameworks for comparing cultures:multtdtsciplinaryperspectives
2.2.1 Frameworks in psychology
2.2.2 Frameworks in anthropology
2.2.3 Frameworks in international business
2.2.4 Frameworks in applied linguistics and discourse studies
2.3 Emic perspectives on culture
2.4 Culture and regularity
2.4.1 Types of cultural regularity
2.4.2 Culture, regularity and variability
2.5 Culture and social groups
2.S.1 Culture and religious groups
2.5.2 Culture and organizations
2.S.3 Culture and professional groups
2.5.4 Culture and communities of practice
2.5.5 Culture and multi-group membership
2.6 Culture and representation
2.7 Concluding comments
Suggestions for further reading
3 Intercultural Interaction Competence (ICIC)
3.1 Introduction: terminology and definitions
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Part2 Promoting Competence in Intercultural Interaction
Part3 Researching Intercultural Interaction
Part4 Resources
References
Index