The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Pragmatics

Intercultural pragmatics addresses one of the major issues of human  communication in the globalized world: how do people interact with each  other in a language other than their native tongue, and with native  speakers of the language of interaction? Bringing together a  globally-representative team of scholars, this Handbook provides an  authoritative overview to this fascinating field of study, as well as a  theoretical framework. Chapters are grouped into 5 thematic areas:  theoretical foundation, key issues in Intercultural Pragmatics research,  the interface between Intercultural Pragmatics and related disciplines,  Intercultural Pragmatics in different types of communication, and  language learning. It addresses key concepts and research issues in  Intercultural Pragmatics, and will trigger fresh lines of enquiry and  generate new research questions. Comprehensive in its scope, it is  essential reading not only for scholars of pragmatics, but also of  discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics, communication,  sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and second language teaching  and learning.