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1、CulturalDifferencesinBodyLanguageⅠ.Introduction:WhenaChineseconversewithanAmericanfriendoftheoppositesex,woulditbeindecenttolookingattheotherperson?AnAmericansays,“yes”,whileloweringtheeyes.Dosehereallymean“yes”?IftwoyoungChinesefriendsofthesamesexwalkwiththeirarm
2、saroundeachother’sshoulderorholdhands,wouldEnglish-speakingpeopleregardthisasproper?Thesearenotquestionsaboutlanguage,butaboutbodylanguage,aboutnonverbalcommunication.What’sthebodylanguage?Ithasthedefinitionsinbothnarrowandbroadsenses.Inthenarrowsense,bodylanguage
3、includesbodymovementandfacialexpression,whichcansendmessages.Astothebroadone,itincludesgesture、posture、facialexpression、timbreofthespeaker、distancebetweenspeakerandlistener,andclothesofthespeaker(胡文仲1988.10.).Inmypointofview,bodylanguageshouldincludesfacialexpress
4、ions,bodymovements,andbodycontact.Inthesocialinteraction,whenweconversewithothers,wecommunicatebymuchmorethanwords.Byourexpressions,gesturesandotherbodymovements,weconveymessagestotheotherpeople.Bodylanguageexistsineveryculture,butnotallbodylanguagesmeanthesamethi
5、ngindifferentcultures.Differentpeopleshavedifferentwaysofmakingnonverbalcommunication.Theanswerstothequestionsofthispaperatthebeginningareall"no".Astheglobalvillagetendstobecomesmallerandsmaller,itismoreimportantforpeopletocommunicateacrosscultureandlanguagebarrie
6、rs,particularlytothosewhohaveverballanguagebarriers.Infact,bodylanguageismoreimportanttopeoplefromotherculturethanitistothenative.Tonative-bornpeople,thespokenwordisbyfarthemostimportantcommunicationaltool.Inotherculture,however,thewaywordsarespokenalongwiththeges
7、tures,posturesandthefacialexpressionsthataccompanythosewordsisofgreatersignificance.Ⅱ.Content—culturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandAmericaninbodylanguageconveyingemotionalfeelingsBodylanguagehasthreemajorfunctions:assisting,substitutingandexpressingorhidingemotionalf
8、eelings.(胡文仲,1998.10)Emotionisthemostcomplicatedthingofhumanbeing.Toexpressone’sinnerfeelingsisevenmoredifficult.Astheconveymadebyexperts,humanbeingssel
