The Cultural Differences Reflected by Body Language in China and America 毕业论文

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1、TheCulturalDifferencesReflectedbyBodyLanguageinChinaandAmerica1.Introduction1.1BackgroundTherearemoreandmorechanceforpeopletocontactwithpeoplefromdifferentculturebecauseofthequickdevelopmentofscience,technologyandeconomy.Theworldisbecomesmallerandsmaller,whichhasbecomeag

2、lobalvillage.Thecommunicationbetweenpeoplefromvariousculturesandcountriesisincreasing.Wecancommunicatewitheachotherthroughnotonlylanguagecommunicationbutalsononverbalcommunication.Actually,ineverydaylife,wespendaconsiderableamountoftimeonbodylanguagecommunication.Inaddit

3、ion,wereceivemuchofouremotionalmeaningsthroughnoverbalelements.Bodylanguagecommunicationisconnectedwithculturesanditistheresultofcultures.Butmanypeoplepaygreatattentiontotheacceptanceandcorrectnessoftheverbalcommunicationandoverlooktheinfluenceandculturaldifferenceofnonv

4、erbalcommunication.Thenthemisunderstandingandculturalcrashoftenoccurinthecross-culturalcommunication.Sointheprocessofcommunication,itisnotacompletecommunicationwhileignoringtheculturaldifferencesofnonverbalcommunication.AfamousanthropologistE.T.Hallpointedout“Silentlangu

5、ageexpressesmoreinformationthanverballanguage.”Accordingtosomeresearchersabroad,inpeople’sdailylife,nonverbalcommunicationtakesover65%inallofinformationexchange.Sowemustknowtheculturaldifferencesofbodylanguagetoachieveefficientcommunication.WithincreasingcontactbetweenCh

6、inaandAmerica,abetterunderstandingbetwwenbothcultureisofgrowingimportance.Nonverbalcommunicationinfluenceshowindividualsfromthesetwoculturesinteractandunderstandormisunderstandeachother.Therefore,anunderstandingofthedifferencesisvitalforbuildingharmoniousrelationships.Th

7、ethesisisdesignedtohelpreadersunderstandandappreciatethedifferencesinnonverbalcommunicationbetweenChinaandAmerica.Therearecross-culturedifferencesinnonverbalcommunication,whichareobviousin第14页共16页manyaspects.Gesturalsymbolsplayalargepart,andbecausethisistrue,gesturalembl

8、emsarehighlysensitive.Thesamebodylanguagehavedifferentinterpretationbecauseofdifferentcultures.Differen