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:multtdtsciplinary
perspectives
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