STUDY ON COMPARISON OF BODY LANGUAGE BETWEEN CHINESE AND AMERICAN CULTURES 英语专业毕业论文

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1、STUDYONCOMPARISONOFBODYLANGUAGEBETWEENCHINESEANDAMERICANCULTURES摘要肢体语言是人类语言的重要组成部分，在中美文化交流中扮演着重要角色。本文运用案例法与比较法，从四个方面对两国的手势、身势、眼神交流和面部表情四类肢体语言进行了进行对比与分析，即“相同”含义的相同肢体语言比较、“不同”含义的相同肢体语言比较、“相同”含义的不同肢体语言比较、中美两国各自独特的肢体语言比较，并探讨了背后的文化根源。研究结果表明，两国在生产、生活中存在的诸多共同特征是导致中、美肢体语言存在共性的主要原

2、因，而两国独特的历史文化和语言表达等因素对两国肢体语言差异的形成产生了重大影响。因此，必须深入了解两国肢体语言及其文化背景，才能提高跨文化交际能力，促进中美文化交流。关键词：肢体语言；文化差异；跨文化交际ABSTRACTBodylanguageisaveryimportantpartinhumanlanguageanditplaysavitalroleinSino-Americancross-culturalcommunication.Dividedintogestures,posture,eyecontactsandfacialexpr

3、essions,thebodylanguagesinChinaandAmericahavebeencomparedandanalyzedfromfouraspectsbycaseanalysisandcomparisonmethod.Thefouraspectsinclude(1)thesamebodylanguagewiththesamemeaning,(2)thesamebodylanguagewithdifferentmeanings;(3)differentbodylanguagewiththesamemeaning,(4)the

4、specialbodylanguageexistsinChineseandAmericanculturerespectively.Furthermore,culturalbackgroundofbodylanguageintwocountriesisdiscussed.Theresultsshowthatthesimilarfeaturesinbothlifeandproduction?Intwocountriesarethemajorreasonsfortheexistenceofcommoncognitionofbodylanguag

5、es.Thespecialhistoricalcharacteristicsanddifferentwaysoflanguageexpressionplayeanimportantroleinthedifferencesofbodylanguagebetweenthetwocountries.Therefore,inordertoimproveSino-Americancross-culturalcommunication,itisnecessarytohaveagoodknowledgeofbodylanguageunderdiffer

6、entculturalbackgroundsinChinaandAmerica.Keywords:bodylanguage;culturaldifferences;cross-culturalcommunicationContents1.Introduction2.Literaturereview2.1Conceptionsofrelatedwords2.1.1Definitionofbodylanguage2.1.2Conceptionofculture2.2Overseasanddomesticliteraturereviewonbo

7、dylanguage2.2.1Overseasliteraturereviewonbodylanguage2.2.2Domesticliteraturereviewonbodylanguage3.ComparisonofbodylanguagesinChineseandAmericancultures3.1Thesamebodylanguagewiththesamemeaning3.2Thesamebodylanguagewithdifferentmeanings3.3Differentbodylanguageswiththesameme

8、aning3.4UniquebodylanguasinChineseandAmericanculturerespectively4.Waystoimproveinterculturalcomm