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1、[Abstract]Bodylanguageisanimportantpartofnonverbalcommunicationanditisconnectedwithculture.Inordertomakesuccessfulexchangeincross-culturalcommunication,weshouldknowthebodylanguagefromdifferentcultures.Andweshouldrealizethatbodylanguage,likeverbalcommunicationandculture,alsohasmanysimilar
2、itiesallovertheworld.However,bodylanguagefromdifferentcultureshasmanydifferencesbecauseofdifferentregions,racesandculturalcustoms.Anditisrestrictedbyitscultureandhasdifferentculturalconnotations.Thatistosay,thesamebodylanguagehasdifferentmeaningsindifferentculturesandhasdifferentsocialfu
3、nctions.Thisarticledevotestoacomparisonandcontrastofbodylanguageindifferentculturesintermsofeyelanguage,gestures,postures,facialexpressionsandtouch.Itaimstoillustratethedifferencesandsimilaritiesofbodylanguageandputforwardtheprinciplesofreducingbarriersincommunicationsoastoachieveefficie
4、ntcommunicationandtoavoidmisunderstanding.[KeyWords]NonverbalCommunication;BodyLanguage;CulturalDifferencesandSimilarities;Principles【摘要】身勢(shì)語(yǔ)是非語(yǔ)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(jìn)行交流,我們應(yīng)該了解不同文化的身勢(shì)語(yǔ),必須承認(rèn)世界各國(guó)的身勢(shì)語(yǔ)與語(yǔ)言和文化一樣,也有相似之處。然而,由于地域,種族,文化習(xí)俗的差異,不同文化的身勢(shì)語(yǔ)有許多差異。它們由文化制約并擁有獨(dú)特的文化內(nèi)涵。也就是說(shuō),同樣的身勢(shì)
5、語(yǔ)在不同文化背景下有不同的含義,行使著不同的社會(huì)功能。本文致力于從目光語(yǔ),手勢(shì)語(yǔ),身體姿態(tài),面部表情,體觸語(yǔ)方面對(duì)不同文化的身勢(shì)語(yǔ)進(jìn)行對(duì)比。目的在于通過(guò)列舉身勢(shì)語(yǔ)的文化差異與共性,并提出交際中遵循的原則,從而促進(jìn)有效交流,避免誤解。CulturalDifferencesofBodyLanguageDifferentbelievesarethecausesofthedifferencesofbodylanguage.AccordingtothetheoriesproposedbyAmericananthologistsBarnetttPearce,VerrionCrone
6、nt,people’sbehavior,thewayofthinkingandsoonareaffectedbytheirbelieves.Andeveryculturehasitsdistinctivebeliefsystem.Anormalactioninthisculturewillbeabnormalinanotherone.Apositivebehaviorinoneculturewillbenegativeinanother.Peoplefromeasternworldadvocatemodesty,tolerance,mutual-supportandre
7、sponsibilityforthegroup.Butwesternpeopleadmireindependence,self-respect,freedevelopment,andrequiringindividualspaceandsoon.Next,wewillgotothedifferencesofbodylanguagefromfiveparts.4.1EyeLanguageAssayinggoes“Theeyesarethewindowofthesoul”.Thatistosay,wecanreadone’smindthrou