The Use of Body Language in International Communication 英语毕业论文

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1、TheUseofBodyLanguageinInternationalCommunicationIntroductionAsthetrendofglobalizationisstrengthenedstepbystep,internationalcommunicationisfrequentandimportantdaybyday.Itistheprocessofcommunicationbetweenpeoplefromdifferentculturalbackgrounds.Itcanbedividedintotwotypes:verbalcommunicationandnonve

2、rbalcommunication.Peoplecancommunicatewitheachothernotonlythroughverbalcommunicationbutalsothroughnonverbalcommunication.Bodylanguageisjustanimportantpartofnonverbalcommunication.“Researchshowsthatwhenpeoplemeetsomeoneforthefirsttime,only7%oftheirinitialimpactonothersisdeterminedbythecontentofwh

3、attheysay;93%oftheirmessageismadeupofbodylanguage(55%)andthetoneoftheirvoice（38%）”(Birdwhistell，1952:79).Bodylanguageisalsointerlinkedwithspokenlanguageandawholepatternofbehaviorfromaperson.Aswellas,variousbodylanguagesignscancomplementeachothertomakeaparticularmeaningclearorstrengthenthemeaning

4、ofwhatweconvey.Thusbodylanguageisverycrucial.Becauseeveryculturehasitsspecialbodylanguage,learningtheapplicationofbodylanguageindifferentculturebackgroundsbecomesincreasinglyessential.Thispaperintendstopresentitsmeaningandclassification,functions,aboveall,displaysitsapplicationindifferentcountri

5、es,sothatwecanimproveourcommunicationskillsandabilitiesbyunderstandingitwell.Whensomeonecommunicateswithforeigners,hecanknowtheirrealthoughtsfromtheirbodylanguage.Allinall,languageisthecomponentpartsofculture.Studyingandunderstandingbodylanguageishelpfultostudylanguageofforeigncountriesandavoidm

6、istakesininterculturalcommunication.1LiteratureReviewWhenpeoplespeakofthecommunication,firsttheythinkoftheverballanguage.Actually,bodylanguageisusedearlierthanverballanguage.Sotheresearchofbodylanguageisalsoimportant.Theresearchofbodylanguagecantracebackto1872whenCharlesDarwin(1872)publishestheb

7、ookTheExpressionsofEmotionsinManandAnimals.Hethinkshumanwillgraduallyobtaincommunicationcapacitythroughbodyinformation.Afterwards,peoplearebeginningtorecognize,inthefoundationofthelanguage,thegroup’smembersthroughfacial16exp