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anthropologist, Edward marked the emergence of ICC. 1966: ICC was regarded as curriculum in the US. 4. In 1970: ICC was recognized as an independent area of study by the International Communication Association (國際傳播學(xué)會 ) 5. In 1972: The first international conference on intercultural munication was held in Japan. 6. In 1983 : Gudykunst ,American well known scholar in ICC, edited the first text on intercultural munication theory, Intercultural Communication Theories. 7. In the 1990s Theory construction and testing continues. VII. The nature of the study of ICC: Interdisciplinary: 1. Linguists : Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf and their hypothesis :the Edward SapirWhorf hypothesis(薩丕爾 沃爾夫假設(shè) ) 2. Anthropologists Edward Hall and his works: The Silent Language 3. Psychologists : Gordon Allport and his classic study, The Nature of prejudice VIII. Approaches to the study of ICC Three Approaches: social science approach (sometimes called functionalist approach) 2. the interpretive approach 3. the critical approach IX. RESEARCH AREAS OF ICC. ? 1. IN USA, ICC RESEARCH COVERS: ? 1). Cultural differences and impacts on many areas。 ? 5). Particular cultural pattern and its impact on cross_culture。 ? 9). prejudice against different nations, races and some of other countries. of ICC research in America ? 3 features: ? 1) They are internationally, domestically oriented. ? 2) ICC researchers are mainly linguists, psychologists, sociologists and anthropologists. ? 3) Many American universities have offered ICC course for post graduates in America ? 5 aspects: ? 1. to teach post graduates terminologies and definitions related to ICC。 ? require them to investigate into cultures that interest them. study in China ? In China ICC study began as a serious discipline for study in the early 1980s,lots of scholars have studied this area. Many books and papers were written (nearly 300 papers and 20odd books between 19812022李炯英 解放軍外國語學(xué)院學(xué)報 2022年第6期 ). ? 胡文仲 : Aspects of Intercultural Communication,, 外語教學(xué)與研究出版社, 1999 ? 胡文仲 : 《 文化與交際 》 ,外語教學(xué)與研究出版社, 1997 ? 胡文仲 : 《 跨文化交際學(xué)概論 》 ,外語教學(xué)與研究出版 社 ,1999。 ? changes in the world population。 the essential core of culture consists of traditional (.,historically derived and selected) ideas and attached values. ’s definition: (Culture consists of) a set mental programes that control an individual’s response in a given context. 5. Clifford Geertz’s definition: Culture is an historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols, a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic form by means of which men municate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes towards life . ’s definition (Refer to ) Fro