Abstract

Prejudice is one of the major obstacles in intercultural communication as well as an important issue in the study of intercultural communication.Prejudice，between different cultural groups，mainly results from the cognitive，motivational and social-cultural causes.When prejudice is reflected in language，linguistic bias occurs，and in return，linguistic bias helps maintain and reproduce prejudice.In current intercultural communications，the explicit linguistic bias still exists;however，a large amount of linguistic bias is implicit.The implicit linguistic bias，due to its strategic and subtle representation，and entangled with ideology and power，unconsciously exerts influence on people's perception，attitude and behaviors.Therefore，this naturalized，habitualized linguistic bias deserves our special attention and thorough research.Unfortunately，the systematic and in-depth research still lacks in this area.

In fact，the researches on how language subtly represents prejudice have already been carried out by some western social psychologists from the perspective of psycholinguistics，and by some linguists from the angle of discourse analysis.Although their researches are of great benefits to the study of discourse prejudice in intercultural communication，there still exist some limitations.

The research of prejudice in traditional intercultural communication study has drawn heavily on the research of socio-psychology.In addition to which，this book holds that，prejudice should also be examined fromthe point of view of hermeneutics，and under the context of ideology and power(Chapter One)．The intricate relationships among discourse，ideology and power inspire the author of this book to study the issue of discourse prejudice from the perspective of critical discourse analysis(CDA)．After careful comparison and contrast，the author of this book believes that the threedimensional CDA theory and methodology put forward by Norman Fairclough can provide a new approach for the research of discourse prejudice in intercultural communication(Chapter Two)．His theory integrates themicro textual analysis with macro social-cultural analysis to expose the hidden ideologicalmeaning in texts，in particular，thosematters of prejudice，discrimination and distortion，and explain the social-cultural conditions of their existence and the role in power struggle.

This research attempts to combine Fairclough's theory with other relevant theories to investigate the issue of discourse prejudice in intercultural communication in three dimensions:textual analysis，discursive practice and social practice.In textual analysis，the various linguistic strategies for prejudiced communication will be analyzed(Chapter Three);in discursive practice，the prejudice discourse will be examined in the process of production and consumption(Chapter Four);in social practice，the interaction between prejudice discourse and social cultural context(ideology and power relationship)will be studied(Chapter Five)．Finally，this research proposes to connect the“liberation discourse”in critical discourse analysis with the“counter discourse”in postcolonial study to explore the possible ways to reduce the prejudice discourse，and then the prejudice itself(Chapter Six)．

It should be noted that there is no single or unified theory and methodology of CDA. Based on Fairclough's theory，this research also absorbs some relevant theories and methods from other branches of CDA.Moreover，more theories such as Linguistic Category Model，Linguistic Intergroup Bias Theory，Hermeneutics，Semiotics，Culture Study，Postcolonial Study，Cultural Imperialism，etc.，are also incorporated into this research.With these theories，a couple of cases concerning the discourse prejudice in intercultural communication are analyzed.

To sumup，this research is a multi-discipline and cross-discipline research，which attaches importance to both the theoretical exploration and the practical usage.

Key Words:Intercultural Communication，Discourse Prejudice，Critical Discourse Analysis，Ideology，Power