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1、Week5ThedifferencebetweenChinese&WesternculturalthoughtpatternsDiscoursepatternsDiscourse:thestudyofdiscourseisthestudyofunitsoflanguageandlanguageuseconsistingofmorethanasinglesentence,butconnectedbysomesystemofrelatedtopics.Exs.:letters,jokes,stories,chapters,sermons,speechesand
2、soonareallcategoriesofdiscourseTalk-exchanges:arguments,interviews,businessdealings,instruction,andconversationsLinearandnon-linearlanguageLinearlanguage:hasabeginningandanend,islogical,andobject-oriented.Linealanguagelooksontimeasacontinuumofpast,prest,andfuture.LongtermNon-linea
3、rlanguage:iscircular,traditionorientedandsubjective.Itlooksontimeascyclicalandtheseasonsanever-repeatingpattern.ShorttermEx:explannationbyJapanesenAmericansThedifferencebtwnChinesenWesternculturalthoughtpatternsIntuitionalthinkingvs.analyticthinkingEasternersstressharmonynentirety
4、—viewthingsfromwholetopartEg:ChineseYingnYang;humannnatureasaninvisibleunity;relationshipofpeople:collectivismWesternersstressanalysisnpart–westernersviewthingsfromparttowholeLogic,analysis,andlinearityConsidersubjectnobject,materialandspiritdiametricallyopposed—thingshave2possibi
5、lities,eitherthisorthatConcretethinkingvs.abstractthinkingBasedonexperience,concretethinkingdependsonanalogy,metaphornsymbolAncientwesternerschoseabstractthinkingthatworksbymeansofconcept,judgement,andreasoning.DeductiveninductivepatternsChineseway:Becausemostofourproductionisdone
6、inChinanow,anduh,it’snotreallycertainhowthegovernmentwillreactintherun-upto1999,andsinceIthinkacertainamountofcautionincommittingtoTVadvertisementisnecessarybecauseoftheexpense.So,IsuggestthatwedelaymakingourdecisionuntilafterLegcomakesitsdecision.ChinesePattern(topic-delayed):bec
7、auseofY(topic,background,orreasons)X(comment,mainpoint,oractionsuggested)Americanway:IsuggestthatwedelaymakingourdecisionuntilafterLegcomakesitsdecision.That’sbecauseIthinkacertainamountofcautionincommittingtoTVadvertisementisnecessarybecauseoftheexpense.Inadditiontothat,mostofour
8、productionisdoneinChinanow,andit’
