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1、TheCulturalDifferencesReflectedbyBodyLanguageinChinaandAmerica1.Introduction1.1BackgroundTherearemoreandmorechanceforpeopletocontactwithpeoplefromdifferentculturebecauseofthequickdevelopmentofscience,technologyandeconomy.Theworldisbecomesmallerandsmaller,whichhasbecomeag
2、lobalvillage.Thecommunicationbetweenpeoplefromvariousculturesandcountriesisincreasing.Wecancommunicatewitheachotherthroughnotonlylanguagecommunicationbutalsononverbalcommunication.Actually,ineverydaylife,wespendaconsiderableamountoftimeonbodylanguagecommunication.Inaddit
3、ion,wereceivemuchofouremotionalmeaningsthroughnoverbalelements.Bodylanguagecommunicationisconnectedwithculturesanditistheresultofcultures.Butmanypeoplepaygreatattentiontotheacceptanceandcorrectnessoftheverbalcommunicationandoverlooktheinfluenceandculturaldifferenceofnonv
4、erbalcommunication.Thenthemisunderstandingandculturalcrashoftenoccurinthecross-culturalcommunication.Sointheprocessofcommunication,itisnotacompletecommunicationwhileignoringtheculturaldifferencesofnonverbalcommunication.AfamousanthropologistE.T.Hallpointedout“Silentlangu
5、ageexpressesmoreinformationthanverballanguage.”Accordingtosomeresearchersabroad,inpeople’sdailylife,nonverbalcommunicationtakesover65%inallofinformationexchange.Sowemustknowtheculturaldifferencesofbodylanguagetoachieveefficientcommunication.WithincreasingcontactbetweenCh
6、inaandAmerica,abetterunderstandingbetwwenbothcultureisofgrowingimportance.Nonverbalcommunicationinfluenceshowindividualsfromthesetwoculturesinteractandunderstandormisunderstandeachother.Therefore,anunderstandingofthedifferencesisvitalforbuildingharmoniousrelationships.Th
7、ethesisisdesignedtohelpreadersunderstandandappreciatethedifferencesinnonverbalcommunicationbetweenChinaandAmerica.Therearecross-culturedifferencesinnonverbalcommunication,whichareobviousin第14頁共16頁manyaspects.Gesturalsymbolsplayalargepart,andbecausethisistrue,gesturalembl
8、emsarehighlysensitive.Thesamebodylanguagehavedifferentinterpretationbecauseofdifferentcultures.Differen
