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1、TheUseofBodyLanguageinInternationalCommunicationIntroductionAsthetrendofglobalizationisstrengthenedstepbystep,internationalcommunicationisfrequentandimportantdaybyday.Itistheprocessofcommunicationbetweenpeoplefromdifferentculturalbackgrounds.Itcanbedividedintotwotypes:verbalcommunicationandnonv
2、erbalcommunication.Peoplecancommunicatewitheachothernotonlythroughverbalcommunicationbutalsothroughnonverbalcommunication.Bodylanguageisjustanimportantpartofnonverbalcommunication.“Researchshowsthatwhenpeoplemeetsomeoneforthefirsttime,only7%oftheirinitialimpactonothersisdeterminedbythecontentof
3、whattheysay;93%oftheirmessageismadeupofbodylanguage(55%)andthetoneoftheirvoice(38%)”(Birdwhistell,1952:79).Bodylanguageisalsointerlinkedwithspokenlanguageandawholepatternofbehaviorfromaperson.Aswellas,variousbodylanguagesignscancomplementeachothertomakeaparticularmeaningclearorstrengthenthemean
4、ingofwhatweconvey.Thusbodylanguageisverycrucial.Becauseeveryculturehasitsspecialbodylanguage,learningtheapplicationofbodylanguageindifferentculturebackgroundsbecomesincreasinglyessential.Thispaperintendstopresentitsmeaningandclassification,functions,aboveall,displaysitsapplicationindifferentcou
5、ntries,sothatwecanimproveourcommunicationskillsandabilitiesbyunderstandingitwell.Whensomeonecommunicateswithforeigners,hecanknowtheirrealthoughtsfromtheirbodylanguage.Allinall,languageisthecomponentpartsofculture.Studyingandunderstandingbodylanguageishelpfultostudylanguageofforeigncountriesanda
6、voidmistakesininterculturalcommunication.1LiteratureReviewWhenpeoplespeakofthecommunication,firsttheythinkoftheverballanguage.Actually,bodylanguageisusedearlierthanverballanguage.Sotheresearchofbodylanguageisalsoimportant.Theresearchofbodylanguagecantracebackto1872whenCharlesDarwin(1872)publish
7、esthebookTheExpressionsofEmotionsinManandAnimals.Hethinkshumanwillgraduallyobtaincommunicationcapacitythroughbodyinformation.Afterwards,peoplearebeginningtorecognize,inthefoundationofthelanguage,thegroup’smembersthroughfacial16exp
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