foreword
overview:problems and perspectives
  1．the future of cross cultural communication：perspective of 20 years of the iaics
  2．china's intercultural communication studies：its current status and problems
theory
  3．towards a comprehensive perspective for intercultural communication study 45
  4．discourse identity，social identity，and confusion in intercultural communication
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  5．the framework of cultural space
  6．sociolinguistic approach to intercultural communication
  7．cultural identification，cultural identity and communication
  8．hierarchical manifestation in intercultural communication
  9．intercultural communication and global democracy：a de-weyan perspective
ethno-relativnly and multiculturalism
  10．on the multiculturalism of asian englishes
  11．0n chinese indirectness：a multi．dimensional exploration
  12．changes in the cultural arguments of chinese political leaders
  13．politeness phenomena in japanese intercultural business communication
  14．reconstructing eastern paradigms of discourse studies
  15．a(chǎn) contrastive study of requests in chinese and american cultures
intercultural communicative competencies
  16．intercultural nonverbal communication(in)competence
  17．when shyness is not incompetence：a case of thai communication competence
  18．a(chǎn) contrastive analysis of chinese and american views about silence and debate
  19．understanding strategic competence for intercultural communication
  20．multimodal manifestation of conceptual metaphors in multimedia communication
  21．intercultural communication between japanese and thais through discrepancies in images
management of conflict
  22．a(chǎn)nalyzing an intercultural conflict case study：application of a social ecological perspective
  23．intercultural sensitivity and conflict management styles in  cross．     cultural organizational situations
  24．dealing with chinese negotiating partners：a cross。cultural co-operation strategy
  25．how to avoid language conflict in europe in the third millennium
  26．reporting on sino．japan conflicts in the new york times：a
  critical discourse analysis
the educationalcomxxi
  27．intercultural dialogicality between lcl and lc2 in the efl/esl classroom
  28．covert culture in the foreign language classroom：confronting contrast in target and base mindsets
  29．a(chǎn)n analysis of language use and topic management in business decision-making meeting
  30．do they tell stories differently?：discourse marker use by chinese native speakers and nonnative speakers
  31．intercultural communication education and foreign language
  education：shared precedents，procedures，and prospects
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