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1、AnalysisofDifferencesofNonverbalCommunicationbetweenChineseandAmericanI.IntroductionHumancommunicationisusuallydividedfirstintoverbalandnonverbalsystems.Wecommunicatemorethanwesay.Actually,ineverydaylife,wespendaconsiderableamountoftimeonnonverbalcommunication.Inaddition,wereceivemuchofoure
2、motionalmeaningsthroughnonverbalelements.Mehrabian,observinghowfeelingistransmittedinmessages,foundthatasmuchas93percentofemotionalmeaningistransmittednonverbally(Hickson&Stacks,1989:6).MostresearchersbelievethatMehrabian's93percentfiguremaybealittlehigh,butatthesametime,theydoaccepttherela
3、tivelyhighimpactofnonverbalcommunication.AnotherstatisticfiguredoutbyBirdwhistell'sandPhilpott'sapproximations,saidthatnonverbalcommunicationaccountsfor60to70percentofwhatwecommunicatetooneanother(Tubbs&Moss,1991:137).Itshouldbenotedthatthisstatistichasbeenwidelyacceptedandreportedbymostcon
4、temporarynonverbalcommunicationbooks.Sinceonlyabout30%ofwhatiscommunicatedinaconversationisverbal,nonverbalcommunicationisofgreatsignificance.Whetherwearetrulysuccessfulcommunicatorsornotdependsalotonourawarenessoftherolethatnonverbalcommunicationplayedandourabilitytousenonverbalskillsappro
5、priately.Weshouldnotethatalthoughmanyculturessharesomenonverbalbehaviors,nonverbalcodesareinfluencedbyculture.Culturaldifferencesinnonverbalcommunicationsometimescanleadtomisunderstandings.WithincreasingcontactbetweenChinaandAmerica,abetterunderstandingbetweenbothculturesisofgrowingimportan
6、ce.Nonverbalcommunicationinfluenceshowindividualsfromthesetwoculturesinteractandunderstandormisunderstandeachother.Therefore,anunderstandingofthedifferencesisvitalforbuildingharmoniousrelationships.Thethesisisdesignedtohelpreadersunderstandandappreciatethedifferencesinnonverbalcommunication
7、thatChineseandAmericansdiscoverwhentheyintercourseindailysituations.II.FoundationsofNonverbalCommunication2.1DefinitionofNonverbalCommunicationJustlikeculture,therearenumerousdefinitionsfornonverbalcommunication.Totheorizeaboutnonverbalcommunicationhasbe
