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