Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication

<p><i>The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication </i>provides a comprehensive historical survey of language and intercultural communication studies with a critical assessment of past and present theory research and practice as well as an insight into future directions.</p><p></p><p>Drawing on the expertise of leading scholars from different parts of the world this second edition offers updated chapters by returning authors and many new contributions on a broad range of topics including reflexivity and criticality translanguaging and social justice in relation to intercultural communication.With an emphasis on contemporary critical perspectives this handbook showcases the varied range of issues perspectives and approaches that characterise this increasingly important field in today's globalised world.</p><p></p><p>Offering 34 chapters with examples from a variety of languages and international settings this handbook is an indispensable resource for students and scholars working in the fields of intercultural communication applied linguistics TESOL/ TEFL and communication studies.</p>