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1、[Abstract]Bodylanguageisanimportantpartofnonverbalcommunicationanditisconnectedwithculture.Inordertomakesuccessfulexchangeincross-culturalcommunication,weshouldknowthebodylanguagefromdifferentcultures.Andweshouldrealizethatbodylanguage,likeverbalcommunicationandculture,alsoh
2、asmanysimilaritiesallovertheworld.However,bodylanguagefromdifferentcultureshasmanydifferencesbecauseofdifferentregions,racesandculturalcustoms.Anditisrestrictedbyitscultureandhasdifferentculturalconnotations.Thatistosay,thesamebodylanguagehasdifferentmeaningsindifferentcultu
3、resandhasdifferentsocialfunctions.Thisarticledevotestoacomparisonandcontrastofbodylanguageindifferentculturesintermsofeyelanguage,gestures,postures,facialexpressionsandtouch.Itaimstoillustratethedifferencesandsimilaritiesofbodylanguageandputforwardtheprinciplesofreducingbarr
4、iersincommunicationsoastoachieveefficientcommunicationandtoavoidmisunderstanding.[KeyWords]NonverbalCommunication;BodyLanguage;CulturalDifferencesandSimilarities;Principles【摘要】身勢語是非語言交際的重要組成部分并和文化緊密聯(lián)系在一起。為了在跨文化交際中能夠成功地進行交流,我們應(yīng)該了解不同文化的身勢語,必須承認世界各國的身勢語與語言和文化一樣,也有相似之處。然而,由于地域,種
5、族,文化習(xí)俗的差異,不同文化的身勢語有許多差異。它們由文化制約并擁有獨特的文化內(nèi)涵。也就是說,同樣的身勢語在不同文化背景下有不同的含義,行使著不同的社會功能。本文致力于從目光語,手勢語,身體姿態(tài),面部表情,體觸語方面對不同文化的身勢語進行對比。目的在于通過列舉身勢語的文化差異與共性,并提出交際中遵循的原則,從而促進有效交流,避免誤解。CulturalDifferencesofBodyLanguageDifferentbelievesarethecausesofthedifferencesofbodylanguage.Accordingtothe
6、theoriesproposedbyAmericananthologistsBarnetttPearce,VerrionCronent,people’sbehavior,thewayofthinkingandsoonareaffectedbytheirbelieves.Andeveryculturehasitsdistinctivebeliefsystem.Anormalactioninthisculturewillbeabnormalinanotherone.Apositivebehaviorinoneculturewillbenegativ
7、einanother.Peoplefromeasternworldadvocatemodesty,tolerance,mutual-supportandresponsibilityforthegroup.Butwesternpeopleadmireindependence,self-respect,freedevelopment,andrequiringindividualspaceandsoon.Next,wewillgotothedifferencesofbodylanguagefromfiveparts.4.1EyeLanguageAss
8、ayinggoes“Theeyesarethewindowofthesoul”.Thatistosay,wecanreadone’smindthrou