It is a very broad area, which includes the study of language and culture, which overlaps with linguistics. However, other areas of study in communication, such as mass communication, tele-communication, organizational communication, interpersonal, small group communication, etc., do not not overlap much with linguistics. We included communication because we are interested in interpersonal and intercultural communication as well as language. Thus, although this section is not closely related to other web pages, we made this page for people like us who are interested in the field of communication. Since communication research has developed as a branch of social science, a great deal of information about research in communication may be useful to people interested in linguistics and language teaching.
Communication is such a broad area that it is difficult to decide how much to include.
We have included links directly related to communication studies. Highly specialized or tangential fields may not be included. We strongly suggest that you investigate those sites thoroughly. We also suggest that you skim other web pages of above two sections. There may be many resources of interest to you.