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1、CulturalDifferencesinBodyLanguageⅠ.Introduction:WhenaChineseconversewithanAmericanfriendoftheoppositesex,woulditbeindecenttolookingattheotherperson?AnAmericansays,“yes”,whileloweringtheeyes.Dosehereallymean“yes”?IftwoyoungChinesefriendsofthesamesexwalkwiththeirarmsaroundeachother’sshoulderorhol
2、dhands,wouldEnglish-speakingpeopleregardthisasproper?Thesearenotquestionsaboutlanguage,butaboutbodylanguage,aboutnonverbalcommunication.What’sthebodylanguage?Ithasthedefinitionsinbothnarrowandbroadsenses.Inthenarrowsense,bodylanguageincludesbodymovementandfacialexpression,whichcansendmessages.A
3、stothebroadone,itincludesgesture、posture、facialexpression、timbreofthespeaker、distancebetweenspeakerandlistener,andclothesofthespeaker(胡文仲1988.10.).Inmypointofview,bodylanguageshouldincludesfacialexpressions,bodymovements,andbodycontact.Inthesocialinteraction,whenweconversewithothers,wecommunica
4、tebymuchmorethanwords.Byourexpressions,gesturesandotherbodymovements,weconveymessagestotheotherpeople.Bodylanguageexistsineveryculture,butnotallbodylanguagesmeanthesamethingindifferentcultures.Differentpeopleshavedifferentwaysofmakingnonverbalcommunication.Theanswerstothequestionsofthispaperatt
5、hebeginningareall"no".Astheglobalvillagetendstobecomesmallerandsmaller,itismoreimportantforpeopletocommunicateacrosscultureandlanguagebarriers,particularlytothosewhohaveverballanguagebarriers.Infact,bodylanguageismoreimportanttopeoplefromotherculturethanitistothenative.Tonative-bornpeople,thesp
6、okenwordisbyfarthemostimportantcommunicationaltool.Inotherculture,however,thewaywordsarespokenalongwiththegestures,posturesandthefacialexpressionsthataccompanythosewordsisofgreatersignificance.Ⅱ.Content—culturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandAmericaninbodylanguageconveyingemotionalfeelingsBodylangua
7、gehasthreemajorfunctions:assisting,substitutingandexpressingorhidingemotionalfeelings.(胡文仲,1998.10)Emotionisthemostcomplicatedthingofhumanbeing.Toexpressone’sinnerfeelingsisevenmoredifficult.Astheconveymadebyexperts,humanbeingssel
