Language, Communication, and Intergroup Relations presents the current state of knowledge at the intersection of language, communication, and intergroup relations, drawing on interdisciplinary work from the fields of communication, social psychology, and sociolinguistics.

Table of ContentsPart I: IntroductionChapter 1Accommodating a Legend: Howard Giles and the Social Psychology of Language and CommunicationJake Harwood, Jon F. NussBaum, Herbert Pierson, Cindy Gallois, and Jessica GasiorekPart II: Language and CultureChapter 2Language and Culture: Part II IntroductionHerbert PiersonChapter 3Language and CultureKimberly A. Noels, Richard Clément, Katherine Collins, and Peter MacIntyreChapter 4Culture Is Essentially MeaningDanjie SuChapter 5Social Media, Culture and Identity Construction: From Mass Communication to Communication of the MassesMartin EhalaChapter 6Communicating New Racial DynamicsLi WeiChapter 7Howard Giles’s Identity in Everyday LifeFlorian CoulmasChapter 8Howard Giles and Accommodation to My Scouse AccentJanet HolmesChapter 9Howard Giles: Master Elucidator of Language in Social RelationshipsJohn EdwardsChapter 10A Debt to Howard Giles’ Work on Language, Culture, and CommunicationMin-Sun KimChapter 11Epiphany Redux: Howard Giles’ Legacy to Language and CultureMary Jiang BresnahanChapter 12Howard Giles: Communication’s CommunicatorRobert GardnerChapter 13Power, Culture, and Ethnolinguistic Relations in a South African ContextJoha Louw-PotgieterChapter 14What Would Mikhail Bakhtin Say About Mutual Understanding and Self-Construals? Culture Is Essentially MeaningEungjun MinPart III: Intergroup CommunicationChapter 15 Intergroup Communication: Part III IntroductionJake HarwoodChapter 16 Communicating Between Groups, Communicating About GroupsTamara Rakić and Anne MaassChapter 17The Intersectionality of Intergroup CommunicationJessica R. AbramsChapter 18An Imaginary Conversation Between the Ghost of Henri Tajfel (HT) and Howard Giles (HG)Rupert BrownChapter 19Language Evaluation: In Defense of the Status QuoAaron Castelán CargileChapter 20Howie Giles, an Appreciation: Teacher, Scholar, Mentor, FriendMiles HewstoneChapter 21Categorization, Language, and Intergroup CommunicationHiroshi OtaChapter 22The Father of Intergroup Communication: Ingroup/Outgroup Situations in an Online Parenting CommunitySusan FoxChapter 23Communicating Between the Lines, Communicating About the Lines: How a Request to Honor Howie Giles Backfired and Made Me a Published PoetNicholas A. PalomaresChapter 24Howie’s First Graduate Student: A Few Research TalesRichard Y. BourhisPart IV: Intergenerational RelationsChapter 25 Intergenerational Relations: Part IV IntroductionJon F. NussBaumChapter 26Intergenerational CommunicationMary Lee HummertChapter 27Communication Predicaments in Aging and Communication Enhancement StrategiesEllen Bouchard RyanChapter 28Intergenerational Harmonies and TensionsYan Bing ZhangChapter 29It Is in Howie Giles’ Work That I Found My Intellectual HomeMei-Chen LinChapter 30Ecologies of AgingCraig FowlerChapter 31Howie Giles, Dragons, and the Intergenerational Making of LegendsMargaret Jane PittsChapter 32As I Push Off the Dock, Howie Sails Into the SunsetAmber K. WorthingtonChapter 33"Do You Want to Be Categorized as One of the Over Fifty-Fives?": Intergenerational Relations in a Public ContextVirpi YlänneChapter 34Howie Pays It ForwardJon F. NussBaumPart V: Interpersonal AccommodationChapter 35Interpersonal Accommodation: Part V IntroductionJessica GasiorekChapter 36Interpersonal AccommodationYan Bing Zhang and Margaret Jane Pitts Chapter 37Interpersonal Accommodation and Multiple Goal FrameworksSteven R. WilsonChapter 38Accommodating to Develop and Maintain RelationshipsRené M. DaileyChapter 39Sexual (Non)Accommodation Between Midlife and Younger Gay Men and Its Implications for Social IdentityChristopher HajekChapter 40...What About Communication Accommodation Between Genders?Mª Àngels Viladot Chapter 41Further Consideration of Communication Accommodation TheoryMei-Chen LinChapter 42Future Directions for Communication Accommodation Theory: Considering the Biological Correlates of Accommodative Behavior in Interpersonal ContextsAmanda Denes and Anuraj DhillonChapter 43Beyond Dyads: Accommodative Dilemmas in Small Group InteractionsMarko DragojevicChapter 44Iechyd DaRobert M. McCannPart VI: Institutional AccommodationChapter 45Institutional Accommodation: Part VI IntroductionCindy GalloisChapter 46Communication Accommodation Theory in Institutional Settings: Opportunities for Applied ResearchBernadette M. Watson and Jordan SolizChapter 47The Development and Implementation of Cross-Cultural Assessments of Perceptions of Police AccommodationChristopher HajekChapter 48Some Thoughts on CAT in Institutional Settings: Race and Criminal JusticeGeorge B. RayChapter 49For a Sequential AccommodationAugusto GnisciChapter 50Institutional Talk: Extending Our Understanding of Intergroup Communication in Institutional SettingsLiz JonesChapter 51Communication Accommodation Theory: Considering a Dialectical Perspective on Police-Civilian InteractionsCharles W. Choi Part VII: ConclusionsChapter 52Advancing Theory in Language, Communication, and Intergroup RelationsJessica Gasiorek, Cindy Gallois, Herbert Pierson, Jon F. NussBaum, and Jake HarwoodChapter 53Epilogue: Resurrecting While California Dreaming—Re-Releasing Frameworks and Creating a New OneHoward Giles