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Contents

Introduction to the handbook series . . .................. v
Karlfried Knapp and Gerd Antos

Acknowledgements . . . ......................... xvii
1. Introduction
Helen Spencer-Oatey and Helga Kotthoff .............. 1

I. Multidisciplinary perspectives on intercultural communication

Editors’ introduction ......................... 9
2. Discourse, cultural diversity and communication: a linguistic anthro-
pological perspective
John Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumperz .............. 13

3. A cognitive pragmatic perspective on communication and culture
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Vladimir Zegarac ........................... 31
4. Psychological perspectives: social psychology, language and inter-
cultural communication
Madeleine Brabant, Bernadette Watson and Cindy Gallois ..... 55
5. Emotion and intercultural adjustment
David Matsumoto, Seung Hee You and Jeffrey A. LeRoux ...... 77
6. Multidisciplinary perspectives on intercultural conflict: the ‘Bermuda
Triangle’ of conflict, culture and communication
Nathalie van Meurs and Helen Spencer-Oatey ............ 99

II. Intercultural perspectives on communicative practices and pro-
cesses

Editors’ introduction ......................... 123

7. Intercultural communication and the relevance of cultural specific
repertoires of communicative genres
Susanne Günthner .......................... 127
8. Humour across cultures: joking in the multicultural workplace
Meredith Marra and Janet Holmes .................. 153