Unit One Intercultural Communication:An Overview 1
Reading One An Introduction to Intercultural Communication 1
Reading Two The History of the Study of Intercultural Communication 22
Unit Two Language and Culture 43
Reading One Communicative Codes:Linguistic Aspects 43
Reading Two Language and Culture:Sounds and Actions 68
Unit Three Cultural Identity and Intercultural Communication 94
Reading One Intercultural Dilemma in Multicultural Setting:Doing vs.Being 94
Reading Two Intercultural Competence in Interpersonal Relationships 114
Unit Four Verbal Communication 144
Reading One Verbal Intercultural Communication 144
Reading Two Relationships in Face-to-Face Communication 170
Unit Five Nonverbal Communication 194
Reading One Nonverbal Intercultural Communication 194
Reading Two Nonverbal Codes and Cultural Space 224
Unit Six Cultural Patterns and Perception 248
Reading One Cultural Patterns and Communication:Taxonomies 248
Reading Two Cultural Diversity in Perception:Alternative Views of Reality 276
Unit Seven Intercultural Communication—East and West 305
Reading One Collectivism vs.Individualism:A Reconceptualisation of a Basic Concept in Cross-Cultural Social Psychology 305
Reading Two The Concept of"Face"in Chinese-American Interaction 318
Unit Eight Intercultural Barriers 330
Reading One Attitudes toward the Culturally Different:the Role of Intercultural Communication Barriers,Affective Responses,Consensual Stereotypes,and Perceived Threat 330
Reading Two Stumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication 356
Unit Nine Intercultural Communication in Business,Management and Negotiation 373
Reading One Negotiating Across Cultures 373
Reading Two Reconciling Cultural Dilemmas 393
Unit Ten Cultural Adaptation and Intercultural Competence 413
Reading One Cross-Cultural Adaptation:Axioms 413
Reading Two The Potential for Intercultural Competence 433
Unit Eleven Theories of Intercultural Communication 451
Reading One Theorizing about Intercultural Communication:An Introduction 451
Reading Two Measuring Culture:The Utility of Verifying Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions 489
Unit Twelve Scholarship on Chinese Communication 505
Reading One Chinese Communication Scholarship as an Expansion of the Communication and Culture Paradigm 505
Reading Two No Limits Careers:A Critical Examination of Career Discourse in the U.S.and China 531
Glossary 557
Bibliography 575