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1、存档编号 The Cultural similarities and Differences of Body Language between China and Western Countries教学学院 外国语学院届 别 2010 届专 业 英语教育学 号 姓 名 指导教师 完成日期 2010年4月19日 ContentsAbstract .2Key words .2Introduction.3I. The brief introduction of body language.3 1.1 The definition of Nonverbal communication.31.2 The
2、 features of body language.3 1.3 The classifications of body language. 41.4 Communicative Functions of body language.6II. A comparative study of Chinese and English Body Language.8 2.1 Gestures .82.2 Contrastive study of posture .122.3 Contrastive study of facial expression .132.4 Contrastive study
3、of eye contact .14 2.5 Contrastive study of physical distance15III The necessity and importance of learning body language.163.1 When foreigners are traveling to China, they want to learn Chinese culture.173.2 without body language, our world would be static and Colorless.17IV. Guidelines.18 4.1 Eye
4、contact .18 4.2 Facial expression .18 4.3 Gestures .18 4.4 Posture and body language.18 4.5 Touching .18V. Conclusion.18Bibliography .20The Cultural similarities and Differences of Body Language between China and Western CountriesAbstract: In human communication, people use body language to communic
5、ate, as well as verbal language. It is the important part of nonverbal communication. Body language, like verbal language, is also a part of culture. But in different cultures body language means the different things because of different regions, races and cultural customs. Different people have dif
6、ferent ways of making nonverbal communication. Understanding the different cultural implication of English and Chinese body language can promote peoples cross-cultural communication competence, reinforce the heart-to-heart understanding and in the end will benefit the communication between English a
7、nd Chinese people. This article devotes to a comparison and contrast of body language in different cultures in terms of eye contact, gestures, postures, facial expressions and touch, presents the meanings of body language in different cultures, and discusses how to deal with the different implicatio
8、n of body language. The research of English and Chinese body language in nonverbal communication is helpful for people to diminish or avoid misunderstandings caused by the cultural differences of body language.Key words: body language Functions Cultural Differences Guidelines China Western Countries
9、 IntroductionBody language is an important part of nonverbal behavior. Some scholars even considered it as the basis of the nonverbal communication. Birdwhistll, an expert of body language research in the western countries, considered that more than 65 percent of the emotive expressions are finished
10、 by postures, gestures, facial expressions, eye contact and other kind of body language. He also pointed out that man could make out about 250,000 kinds of expressions on his face. Mr. Yang Xiaoli, after the analysis of the Chinese idioms, indicated that nearly 160 of them are made to express the bo
11、dy movement. Therefore, body language plays an important role in the intercultural communication.I. The brief introduction of body language Body language is an important part of nonverbal communication and it is connected with culture. In order to make successful exchange in cross-cultural communica
12、tion, we should know the body language from different cultures. In order to illustrate the differences and similarities of body language and put forward the principles of reducing barriers in communication so as to achieve efficient communication and to avoid misunderstanding,first we should know ab
13、out some basic information of body language.1.1 The definition of Nonverbal communication “Nonverbal communication is a process in which communicators use the natural features of their bodies to deliver information and express specific meaning instinctively to the other communicator.” The study of n
14、onverbal communication covers three major parts: Proxernics, Kinesics or Body Language, and Paralanguage. Kinesics is also called body language, the mainly part of the Nonverbal communication, which studies the meanings of the movement of all parts of body and it includes many nonverbal behavior suc
15、h as eye language, gestures, postures, facial expressions, touch and so on. 1.2 The features of body language A great number of the body behaviors are of multi meaning. Taking gestures for example, most gestures have more than one meaning in different cultures. In order to master the body language i
16、n different cultures so as to communicate smoothly among the different countries, it is necessary learn the features of body language. According to Demond Morris analysis, we can summarize his idea into the following aspects.1.2.1 Most of the body behaviors cross cultures, cross countries, and cross
17、 regions. It may have one meaning in this culture, while have the other meaning in another culture.1.2.2 Only few body languages are belonging to only one culture, one country, and one region.1.2.3 Some body behaviors have different meanings in the same culture. Taking tapping the temple for example
18、, it not only means cleverness, but also means an idiot.1.2.4 The geographical distribution of body language is of a regular way. There are a number of language regions, each of which has its own features.1.2.5 Some of the body language, which is of special use, will be given wide popularity by the
19、radio or TV. After that, these signs will be used by the people all over the world, such as the “V” signThere are many body language behaviors that convey the same meaning all over the world, people will make their eyebrows move when greeting; people will smile when happy and cry when sad; people wi
20、ll call for help in danger, and so on. However, owing to the cultural differences, different body language will convey different information to others. The same body behavior may convey different meanings in different countries, while different body behavior may convey the same meaning in different
21、countries. These differences, sometimes, may make misunderstanding in the intercultural communication; even have bad influences if not deal with in a correct way. Therefore, it is important to learn the different body language in different cultures in order to avoid misunderstanding.1.3 The classifi
22、cations of body language.There are various forms in body language and much content in it. So we are required to analyze and classify it, to put its various forms in order to master it skillfully and scientifically;thus we can make it more systematic, standard and operational. The classifications are
23、 as follows:1.3.1 DistanceDifferent people have different culture about the proper distance between people conversing. According to studies, there are four main distances in American social and business relations: intimate, personal, social, and public. The important thing to keep in mind is that mo
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