Contrastive Study of Body Language between Chinese and English Speakers 英语专业毕业论文

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1、ContrastiveStudyofBodyLanguagebetweenChineseandEnglishSpeakersSupervisorAnEssaySubmittedasaPartialRequirementFortheDegreeofB.A.inEnglishSchoolofForeignLanguagesSouthwestUniversityMay,2011CO12CONTENTS1.Introduction12.Pragmaticfeaturesofbodylanguage12.1Emblems12.2Illustrators22.3Regulators22.

2、4Affectdisplays22.5Adaptors23.Pragmaticfunctionsofbodylanguage33.1Complement33.2Substitution33.3Emotionalexpression33.4Accentuation33.5Symbolization34.ContrastivestudyofbodylanguagebetweenChineseandEnglishspeakers44.1Contrastivestudyofgestures44.1.1Thesamegesturehasdifferentmeaningsindiffer

3、entcountries44.1.2Differentgestureswithsamemeaning54.1.3Gestureandmeaninginoneculturewithoutequivalentinothercultures64.2Contrastivestudyofposture74.3Contrastivestudyoffacialexpression84.4Contrastivestudyofeyecontact85.BodyLanguageinEnglishteaching96.Conclusion11Bibliography1212ContrastiveS

4、tudyofBodyLanguagebetweenChineseandEnglishSpeakers1.IntroductionHumancommunicationconsistsofverbalcommunicationandnonverbalcommunication.Nonverbalcommunicationplaysaveryimportantroleinthewholecommunication.Someexpertssaymorethan60percentofcommunicationcomesfromnonverbalbehaviors,suchasfacia

5、lexpression,postureandsoon.Thesenonverbalbehaviorsalwayshavemanymeanings.Oneexpertestimatedthatverbalcommunicationoccupiedabout30percentofthewholecommunicationbehaviors.“AmericanlinguistSamovaraffirmsthatinaface-to-facecommunication,onlyabout35percentofmessagesaresentbyverbalbehaviorsandoth

6、ersaresentbynonverbalbehaviors.”(CaiZiliang2005)Verbalandnonverbalbehaviors,whichareboththeimportantpartsofhumancommunication,canexpressfeelings,interactideasandsendmessages.Theyaretheindispensabletoolsthatcansatisfyhumancommunication.BodylanguageisalsocalledKinesics,includingeyecontact,ges

7、tures,posture,facialexpressions,andphysicaldistance.Asanimportantwayofnonverbalcommunication,gesturesarethesilentandauthenticlanguagethatcanexpresspeople’sinneremotions.Theyareapartofanationalculture.Inordertounderstandaculturewellandmakethecommunication