This newly revised edition is both a lively introduction andpractical guide to the main concepts and challenges ofintercultural communication. Grounded in interactionalsociolinguistics and discourse analysis, this work integratestheoretical principles and methodological advice, presentingstudents, researchers, and practitioners with a comprehensive andunified resource. Features new original theory, expanded treatment ofgenerations, gender and corporate and professional discourseOffers improved organization and added features forstudent and classroom use, including advice on research projects,questions for discussion, and references at the end of eachchapterExtensively revised with newly added material on computermediated communication, sexuality and globalization