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1、TheMeaningofBodyLanguageinDifferentCulture身势语在不同文化下的含义BySupervisedbyProfessorEnglishDepartmentTheMeaningofBodyLanguageinDifferentCulture身势语在不同文化下的含义OutlineIntroduction1.Acomparisonofbodylanguageindifferentcultures.1.1Spacedomination.1.2Eyecontact.1.3Bodycontact:1.3.1Holdinghands.1.3.2Huga
2、ndkiss.1.3.3Othertouches.1.4Gestures.1.5Thefacialexpression.2.Thenecessityandimportanceoflearningbodylanguage.ConclusionTheMeaningofBodyLanguageinDifferentCulture身势语在不同文化下的含义Abstract“Bodylanguage”,likeourverballanguage,isapartofculture.Butnotallbodylanguagemeansthesamethingindifferentcult
3、ures.Differentpeoplehavedifferentwaysofmakingnonverbalcommunication.Forexample:differentpeoplehavedifferentideasabouttheproperdistancebetweenpeoplewhoisconversing;andtheappropriatenessofphysicalcontactvarieswithdifferentcultures.Onecoulddrawupquitealistof“rules”abouteyecontact:tolookornot
4、tolook;whentolookandhowlongtolook;whoandwhonottolookat.Smileandlaughterusuallyconveyfriendliness,approval,satisfaction,pleasure,joyandmerriment,and,thisisgenerallytrueinChinaaswellasinotherEnglish-speakingcountries.However,therearesituationswhenasmileofChinesepeoplewillriseanegativereacti
5、onofthewesterners.Gesturescanalsobeparticularlytroublesome,foraslightdifferenceinmakingthegesturecanmeansomethingquitedifferentfromthatintended,besides,awronginterpretationofagesturecanarousequiteunexpectedreactionsandsoon.Thereforeinordertocommunicateeffectivelyinaforeignlanguage,oneshou
6、ldalsoknowspacedomination,eyecontact,bodycontact,gestures,thefacialexpressionandetc.thataccompanyaparticularlanguage.Inasense,allbodylanguageshouldbeinterpretedinagivenculture,andtoignoretheoverallsituationcouldbemisleading.AcomparisonofbodylanguageofChineseandEnglishspeakingCountryshowsa
7、numberofdiversitiesofbodylanguage.Itshowstheimportanceofstudyingthespecificgesturesthatgowithalanguage.Keywords:nonverbalcommunicationbodylanguagemeaningdifferentcultureTheMeaningofBodyLanguageinDifferentCulture身势语在不同文化下的含义摘要“身势语”同语言一样,都是文化的一部分。在不同文化中,身势语的意义并不完全相同。各