跨文化交际的特点

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1、TheMajorFeaturesofInterculturalCommunicationCommunicationistheprocessofunderstandingandsharingmeaning.Itoccurswheneverinformationisexchangedbetweenasenderandareceiver.Sendingsignalsofonekindoranotherisinevitable.Andtheprocessofsendingandreceivingmessageiscomplex.Whatasignalmeanstothesenderisn

2、otalwayswhatitmeanstothereceiver.Therefore,thetrickistotransmitappropriateinformationtoappropriatereceiversatappropriatetimes.Communicationisasymbolicbehavior.Andthemostimportantmodeofcommunicationisverbal.Languageisahighlydevelopedsymbolicsystemofhumancommunication.Asamostbasicelementofcultu

3、re,languageisthemeans,bywhichcultureistransmittedfromgenerationtogenerationandaperson’slanguagegreatlyinfluenceshowheorsheperceivestheworld.Themajorfeaturesofcommunicationinclouds:1.CommunicationissymbolicHumancommunicationissymbolic.Weemploysymbolsasawayofsharingourinternalstates.Theabilityt

4、oproduceandusesymbolsenableshumanbeingstosharetheirinternalstatusandinferwhatanotherhumanbeingisexperiencing,thusdistinguishinghumanbeingswithotheranimals.Symbolsareatthecoreofcommunication,butnosymbolmeansthesamethingtoeveryone,becausedifferentculturesoftenemploydifferentsymbolsandusuallyass

5、ignspecialmeaningtothem.Forexample,dragonhasbeentakenastotembyChineseforthousandsofyears,itrepresentsakindofpowerfulandpropitiousanimal,althoughitmayneverreallyexist.However,inwesterncultures,dragonisakindoffierceandevilanimal.Therefore,manypeopleinsistthatweshouldnottranslate“龙”into“dragon”,

6、sincethetwosymbolsrepresentstotallydifferentthings.2.CommunicationcanbeintentionalandunintentionalbehaviorCommunicationtakesplacewheneverpeopleattachmeaningtomessages,evenifthesenderofthemessagedoesnotexpecthisorheractionstobeconsideredpartofthecommunicationevent.JustliketheChinesephrase—“言者无

7、心，听者有意”,sobeingawarethatyouractionsconveymanypotentialmessagesisveryimportantwhenengagingininterculturalcommunication.3.CommunicationhasaconsequenceCommunicationinfluencesotherpeoplewhetherweintendittobeornot.Thisfeatureofcommunication—commun