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1、TheCulturalDifferencesReflectedbyBodyLanguageinChinaandAmerica1.Introduction1.1BackgroundTherearemoreandmorechanceforpeopletocontactwithpeoplefromdifferentculturebecauseofthequickdevelopmentofscience,technologyandeconomy.Theworldisbecomesmallerandsmaller,whichhasbecomeaglobalvill
2、age.Thecommunicationbetweenpeoplefromvariousculturesandcountriesisincreasing.Wecancommunicatewitheachotherthroughnotonlylanguagecommunicationbutalsononverbalcommunication.Actually,ineverydaylife,wespendaconsiderableamountoftimeonbodylanguagecommunication.Inaddition,wereceivemucho
3、fouremotionalmeaningsthroughnoverbalelements.Bodylanguagecommunicationisconnectedwithculturesanditistheresultofcultures.Butmanypeoplepaygreatattentiontotheacceptanceandcorrectnessoftheverbalcommunicationandoverlooktheinfluenceandculturaldifferenceofnonverbalcommunication.Thenthem
4、isunderstandingandculturalcrashoftenoccurinthecross-culturalcommunication.Sointheprocessofcommunication,itisnotacompletecommunicationwhileignoringtheculturaldifferencesofnonverbalcommunication.AfamousanthropologistE.T.Hallpointedout“Silentlanguageexpressesmoreinformationthanverba
5、llanguage.”Accordingtosomeresearchersabroad,inpeople’sdailylife,nonverbalcommunicationtakesover65%inallofinformationexchange.Sowemustknowtheculturaldifferencesofbodylanguagetoachieveefficientcommunication.WithincreasingcontactbetweenChinaandAmerica,abetterunderstandingbetwwenboth
6、cultureisofgrowingimportance.Nonverbalcommunicationinfluenceshowindividualsfromthesetwoculturesinteractandunderstandormisunderstandeachother.Therefore,anunderstandingofthedifferencesisvitalforbuildingharmoniousrelationships.Thethesisisdesignedtohelpreadersunderstandandappreciatet
7、hedifferencesinnonverbalcommunicationbetweenChinaandAmerica.Therearecross-culturedifferencesinnonverbalcommunication,whichareobviousin第14頁(yè)共16頁(yè)manyaspects.Gesturalsymbolsplayalargepart,andbecausethisistrue,gesturalemblemsarehighlysensitive.Thesamebodylanguagehavedifferentinterpret
8、ationbecauseofdifferentcultures.Differen
