Intercultural communication

The article deals with the present state of intercultural communication theory, as it is gaining ground in Russia. The author gives an overview of different areas of knowledge connected with the field and the approaches of the leading scholars who have made the greatest contribution to it. The article also discusses important notions developed by Russian scholars but unknown in the West (such as linguistic personality, conceptosphere, etc.), which are of great importance for the study of intercultural communication. Special attention is given to the works devoted to the issues of U.S.-Russian intercultural communication.