An analysis of the extent to which culture plays a part in communication. This title explores topics such as context and culture in theoretical issues in intercultural communication, and incorporates a number of case studies.

1. Contents; 2. Introduction (by Di Luzio, Aldo); 3. I. Theoretical Issues in Intercultural Communication; 4. Communication, Contexts and Culture. A Communicative Constructivist Approach to Intercultural Communication (by Knoblauch, Hubert); 5. Contextualization and Ideology in Intercultural Communication (by Gumperz, John J.); 6. Asymmetries of Knowledge in Intercultural Communication: The Relevance of Cultural Repertoires of Communicative Genres (by Gunthner, Susanne); 7. Section II: Case Studies of Intercultural Encounters; 8. Three Ways of Analysing Communication between East and West Germans as Intercultural Communication (by Auer, Peter); 9. Cooperation, Collaboration and Pleasure in Work: Issues for Intercultural Communication at Work (by Cook-Gumperz, Jenny); 10. The Making of a Witness. On the Beheading of Rabbits (by Jacquemet, Marco); 11. Intercultural Negotiation (by Rehbein, Jochen); 12. Section III: Native/non-native Interactions; 13. Constructing Misunderstanding as a Cultural Event (by Hinnenkamp, Volker); 14. Inter- and Intra-cultural Aspects of Dialogue-Interpreting (by Muller, Frank Ernst); 15. The Conversational Construction of Social Identity in Native/Non-native Interaction (by Orletti, Franca); 16. External Appropriations as a Strategy for Participating in Intercultural Multi-Party Conversations (by Pallotti, Gabriele); 17. Index of Authors; 18. Index of Subjects