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1、CulturalDifferencesinBodyLanguageⅠ.Introduction:WhenaChineseconversewithanAmericanfriendoftheoppositesex,woulditbeindecenttolookingattheotherperson?AnAmericansays,“yes”,whileloweringtheeyes.Dosehereallymean“yes”?IftwoyoungChinesefriendsofthesamesexwalkwiththeirarmsarou
2、ndeachother’sshoulderorholdhands,wouldEnglish-speakingpeopleregardthisasproper?Thesearenotquestionsaboutlanguage,butaboutbodylanguage,aboutnonverbalcommunication.What’sthebodylanguage?Ithasthedefinitionsinbothnarrowandbroadsenses.Inthenarrowsense,bodylanguageincludesbo
3、dymovementandfacialexpression,whichcansendmessages.Astothebroadone,itincludesgesture、posture、facialexpression、timbreofthespeaker、distancebetweenspeakerandlistener,andclothesofthespeaker(胡文仲1988.10.).Inmypointofview,bodylanguageshouldincludesfacialexpressions,bodymoveme
4、nts,andbodycontact.Inthesocialinteraction,whenweconversewithothers,wecommunicatebymuchmorethanwords.Byourexpressions,gesturesandotherbodymovements,weconveymessagestotheotherpeople.Bodylanguageexistsineveryculture,butnotallbodylanguagesmeanthesamethingindifferentculture
5、s.Differentpeopleshavedifferentwaysofmakingnonverbalcommunication.Theanswerstothequestionsofthispaperatthebeginningareall"no".Astheglobalvillagetendstobecomesmallerandsmaller,itismoreimportantforpeopletocommunicateacrosscultureandlanguagebarriers,particularlytothosewho
6、haveverballanguagebarriers.Infact,bodylanguageismoreimportanttopeoplefromotherculturethanitistothenative.Tonative-bornpeople,thespokenwordisbyfarthemostimportantcommunicationaltool.Inotherculture,however,thewaywordsarespokenalongwiththegestures,posturesandthefacialexpr
7、essionsthataccompanythosewordsisofgreatersignificance.Ⅱ.Content—culturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandAmericaninbodylanguageconveyingemotionalfeelingsBodylanguagehasthreemajorfunctions:assisting,substitutingandexpressingorhidingemotionalfeelings.(胡文仲,1998.10)Emotionisthemo
8、stcomplicatedthingofhumanbeing.Toexpressone’sinnerfeelingsisevenmoredifficult.Astheconveymadebyexperts,human8beingsse
