call papers dgfs meeting 1998 call papers part annual meeting german linguistic society deutsche gesellschaft fuer sprachwissenschaft held halle saale germany march 4 6 1988 workshop arbeitsgruppe following topic linguistic analysis intercultural communication last thirty years research intercultural communication attracted increasing scientific attention result social developments also due growing interdisciplinary cooperation different disciplines cultural anthropology ethnology sociology linguistics c f ehlich 1996 central topic linguistic analysis intercultural communication determined experience use common language system guarantee mutual understanding therefore theoretical conception intercultural communication either everyday institutional situations characterized misunderstandings gumperz analyses mediation intercultural competences show contrastive interactive investigations intercultural communication important order answer questions contextualizations speech actions universal culture specific characteristics recently innovative potential intercultural communication started attract particular attention c f koole ten thije 1994 become clear research intercultural communication take interdisciplinary perspective requires reflection traditional linguistic categories linguistic description order see new discursive forms facilitated intercultural communication specific question adressed workshop whether linguistic involvement intercultural research resulted extension enhancement new linguistic categories research methods reflexion issue focus topics like procedures assertaining understanding verstdndnissicherung c f metacommunication pragmatic universals c f politeness contrastive analyses speech actions texts linguistic forms perspectivity culture comparison references ehlich k 1996 interkulturelle kommunikation h goebl et alii eds kontaktlinguistik ein internationales handbuch zeitgenvssischer forschung berlin new york de gruyter 920 931 koole j ten thije 1994 construction intercultural discourse amsterdam rodopi papers relevant topic invited papers take 40 minutes followed 20 minutes discussion onepage abstract sent preferably email organizer adress september 1 1997 dr kristin buehrig germanisches seminar der universitdt hamburg jan ten thije professur interkulturelle kommunikation technische universitaet chemnitz 09107 chemnitz tel 49 371 531 2966 sekr 4533 fax 2933 email jan tenthije phil tuchemnitz de http www tuchemnitz de phil ikk