中美时间取向的对比研究

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1、AComparativeStudyofSino—USPeople’STimeOrientationsGaoYuanSupervisor：LuJianfeiThesisSubmittedtoForeignLanguageCollegeShanghaiNormalUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsforTheDegreeofMasterofArtsinEnglishLanguageandLiterature(Cross—culturalCommunication)March2013中

2、美时间取向的对比研究高源同坜；导师-I陆建非上海师范大学外国语学院文科硕士学位论文2013年3月IIILILllLILLILILLUlLIIllLIIIIIIILIIIIllLtLUIY2284478AbstractWiththerapiddevelopmentofglobalization，peoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundsinteract、析tlleachotherinaneverexperiencedlevel．Interculturalcommunicationbecomesanextre

3、melyimportanttopic．Asanimportantaspectininterculturalcommunication，people’Stimeorientationhasgreatinfluenceontheirinterculturalbehaviorsandactivities，justasAmericananthropologistHallmentioned：“Timecantalk．Itspeaksmoreplainlythanwords．Themessagesitconveycomethroughloudandc

4、lear．Becauseitmanipulateslessconsciously,itissubjecttolessdistortionthanthespokenlanguage．ItCanshouttruthwhenwordslie．’’Thisthesisstartswiththeintroductiontothebackgroundofthisstudy,thesignificanceofthestudyaswellasthegeneralstructureofthisthesis．Thenitpresentstheliteratu

5、rereviewwithregardtoculture，timeaswellastimeorientations．InordertoclearlyexplorethedifferencesoftimeorientationsbetweenChinaandAmerica，thisthesisadopts3frameworksoftimeorientationvariationstomakeacontrastbetweenChineseandAmericans．Theframeworksarecenteredonmonochronicandp

6、olychronicsystem，linearandcirculartimeorientationaswellaspastandfuturetimeorientation．Onthebasisofthecontrast，thisthesisanalyzestheculturalrootswhichcausetwodifferenttimeorientations，including：beliefs，culturalvalues，economicsituationsaswellasthinkingpatterns．Atlast，thethe

7、sisgivesseveralsuggestionsabouthowtopromoteeffectivecommunicationskillsininterculturalsettingsconcerningtimeorientation．Asanimportantpartinpeople’Sdailylife，timeinfluencesalotonpeople’Sbehaviorsandcommunication．InordertomakeintercommunicationbetweenChineseandAmericansgoon

8、smoothly,itisverynecessarytoanalyzetheirrespectivetimeorientations．Keywords：interculturalcommuni