全球化带来文化的杂糅与融合，交际者的文化身份呈多元化趋势，交际者对文化的主观能动作用日趋明显，传统的跨文化交际研究方法和思路因而面临挑战。学界现有的跨文化交际模型，大多着眼稳定有序的文化特质和文化对交际的决定性影响，缺少对文化动态过程和交际者主体性的关注。

翁立平所著的《跨文化交际文化过程论初探(英文版)/当代语言学研究文库》聚焦多元文化影响交际的动态过程和交际者对文化知识的主观运用，试图构建跨文化交际文化过程论，以揭示文化杂糅语境中跨文化交际的新特征，并对该理论的科学性和有效性进行初步检验。

翁立平所著的《跨文化交际文化过程论初探(英文版)/当代语言学研究文库》对已有跨文化交际理论模式进行综述评价，指出已有理论过于关注稳定有序的文化特征，是一种被动消极的理论模式，进而提出跨文化交际文化过程论这一动态和主动的理论模式，通过两项检测和一项案例对其进行论证。本书引证繁富，有破有立，多角度对该理论进行实证研究，具有一定的理论尝试和实践意义，适合专业人士阅读。

Chapter 1 Introduction

 1.1 Statement of the problem and significance of the present research

 1.2 Research objectives and central theme

 1.3 Research questions and hypotheses

 1.4 Research methodology applied

 1.5 Structure of the book

Chapter 2 Diverse Views of Culture in Intercultural Communication (IC) Studies

 2.1 Conceptualizing culture

2.1.1 Categorization of definitions of culture

2.1.2 Structural-functional view of culture

2.1.3 Process view of culture

2.1.4 Critical view of culture

2.1.5 Postmodern view of culture

 2.2 Philosophical foundations of diverse views of culture in IC

2.2.1 Two primary dimensions

2.2.2 Three paradigms

2.2.3 Paradigm wars or paradigm integration?

 2.3 Chapter summary

Chapter 3 The Fixed-Traits View of Culture: A Critical Analysis

 3.1 Nature of the fixed-traits view of culture

3.1.1 What is culture?

3.1.2 How do cultures vary?

 3.2 Representations of the fixed-traits view in contemporary IC scholarship

3.2.1 "Culture" in key IC publications in the US

3.2.2 "Culture" in selected Chinese IC publications

3.2.3 A "culture paradox" in contemporary research

3.2.4 Cultural dimensions and syndromes as "sophisticated stereotypes"

 3.3 Contributions of the fixed-traits view

 3.4 Limitations of the fixed-traits view

3.4.1 Conceptual challenges

3.4.2 Empirical challenges

 3.5 Chapter summary

Chapter 4 Improvements of the Fixed-Traits View across Related Disciplines

 4.1 Multiple-level cultural analysis

4.1.1 Individual level analysis of culture in cross-cultural psychology

4.1.2 Individual level analysis of culture in IC studies

4.1.3 Kulich's cultural analytical matrix

4.1.4 Summary

 4.2 Emic approaches to culture

4.2.1 Etic and emic approaches perceived as complementary

4.2.2 Etic and emic approaches perceived as incompatible

 4.3 Chapter summary

Chapter 5 The Dynamic Process View of Culture: A Review

 5.1 Defining culture

5.1.1 Culture as a loose network of shared knowledge

5.1.2 Uneven distribution of cultural knowledge

5.1.3 Human agency in culture and psychology

 5.2 Forms of cultural knowledge

5.2.1 Declarative knowledge

5.2.2 Procedural knowledge

 5.3 Location of cultural knowledge

 5.4 Application of cultural knowledge

5.4.1 Availability of cultural knowledge

5.4.2 Chronic accessibility of cultural knowledge

5.4.3 Temporary accessibility of cultural knowledge

5.4.4 Applicability of cultural knowledge

5.4.5 Moderating factors in cultural knowledge activation

 5.5 Chapter summary

Chapter 6 Culture as Dynamic Processes in IC

 6.1 "Normalizing" culture

6.1.1 Culture as the whole story

6.1.2 Culture as part of the story

 6.2 Understanding IC.A dynamic process view of culture

6.2.1 A cursory review of some key IC models

6.2.2 Underemphasized intergroup dimensions of IC

6.2.3 Proposing a cultural process model of IC

 6.3 Chapter summary

Chapter 7 Initial Tests of the Cultural Process Model of IC (1) : Study I

 7.1 Culture priming

 7.2 Research background

 7.3 Significance of Study I

 7.4 Tentative research hypothesis

 7.5 Pilot study and modified hypothesis

 7.6 Method

7.6.1 Subjects

7.6.2 Culture and neutral primes and the social attribution task

7.6.3 Procedures

7.6.4 Data analysis

 7.7 Results

 7.8 Discussion

 7.9 Chapter summary

Chapter 8 Initial Tests of the cultural Process Model of IC (2) : Studies Ⅱ and Ⅲ

 8.1 Study II

8.1.1 The proverb sampling method

8.1.2 The IC dimension of the experiment

8.1.3 Research hypotheses

8.1.4 Method

8.1.5 Data analysis and results

8.1.6 Discussion

 8.2 Study Ⅲ

8.2.1 What is "over-tuning effect?"

8.2.2 The case

8.2.3 Case analysis

 8.3 Chapter summary

Chapter 9 General Discussions and Conclusion

 9.1 Summary of the research

 9.2 Theoretical and practical implications of the present research

9.2.1 Theoretical implications

9.2.2 Practical implications

 9.3 Limitations of the present research

 9.4 Directions for future research

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