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1、英汉身势语的文化内涵对比及应用英汉身势语的文化内涵对比及应用 论文摘要目录： 关键词：非语言交际 身势语 跨文化交际 文化差异 中国论文 学术论文 设置字体【大 中 小】 摘要 人类的交际包括语言交际和非语言交际。其中非语言交际在交际起着十分重要的作用。身势语作为非语言交际的一种方式，因不同的社会和文化导致了人们的误解与误用。本文从手势语，目光语，面部表情，姿势等几个方面来对英汉身势语的文化内涵进行比较，及其在外语教与学中的应用。通过比较，一方面，突出身势语在跨文化交际中的重要性；另一方面，对外语教学实践具有启发意义。关键词 非语言交际; 身势语； 跨文化交际；文化差异 The Cultura
2、l Contrast and Application of Body Language between English and Chinese Abstract Human communication is conducted through verbal communication and non-verbal communication, of which non-verbal communication plays a very important role. Body language, as a means of non-verbal communication, varies wi
3、th culture and society. Misunderstanding and conflicts sometimes occur in the process of intercultural communication due to cultural differences and improper uses of body language. This paper devotes to a comparison of body language in different cultures in terms of hand gesture, eye behavior, facia
4、l expressions, posture, etc, and the application of body language in teaching and learning as well. It aims to highlight the importance of the body language on the one hand, and to be conducive to the communicative skills in intercultural communication on the other hand.Key Words non-verbal communic
5、ation; body language; intercultural communication; cultural differences1IntroductionWhat is intercultural communication? Intercultural communication is the process of communication between people from different cultural backgrounds. It can be divided into two types: verbal communication and non-verb
6、al communication.Using language to communicate is called verbal communication. Another kind that is often overlooked by us but plays a very important role in communication is non-verbal communication. “Linguistics sum up the context of non-verbal communication into three aspects: proxemics, kinesics
7、, paralanguage.”1P122 “Among all the classification, Bi Jiwangs (2000) classification is more specific, sententious and ordered. He divides it into four aspects: body language, paralanguage, object language and environmental language.”2P113 Non-verbal communication mainly expresses real emotion and
8、attitude through facial expression, posture, eye behavior, clothes, sound, etc. For instance, waving hand is to show farewell; offering our hand with a slight smile to others means welcome. When listening to a report, people lean against the chair, which suggests that they are not interested in the
9、report. Non-verbal communication has a close relationship with historical culture of nations, so, the meaning it expresses differs from nation to nation and the differences bring about a lot of obstacles, misunderstanding and conflicts. “Edward T. Hall claims that the reason why we meet so much trou
10、ble in communicating with foreigners is we know only a little about intercultural communication”3P98 which indicates that it is important for us to have a good command of communication including verbal and non-verbal. Non-verbal communication has many functions. Generally speaking, non-verbal commun
11、ication can make effects independently in communication and it can be a complement of verbal communication too.Because of the language barrier, people communicate with one another not only through verbal communication but also through non-verbal communication. Psychologist estimates that sixty to ei
12、ghty percent of all communication is conducted through non-verbal communication. That is to say, non-verbal communication plays an important role in intercultural communication. Bi Jiwang (2000) believes that the information delivered by a persons appearance and actions is much more than that of a p
13、ersons words. “Birdwhistell, an American scholar, deems that among all means of expressing meaning and emotion, more than sixty-five percent is finished through facial expression, action, gesture, posture, etc. Some studies in America indicate that in expressing emotion and attitude, intonation and
14、facial expression can convey more than ninety-three percent of information while language can only deliver seven percent of information. Compare with the communicative function of verbal language, non-verbal communication can transmit much more information and emotion.”4P20Body language is a means o
15、f non-verbal communication. Owing to cultural differences, the same body language has different meanings and communicative functions, which causes a lot of trouble in intercultural communication. Therefore, in intercultural communication, it is of great importance for us to understand the body langu
16、age. This paper focuses on the cultural contrast of the body language between Chinese and English.2A brief introduction of body language2.1. The functions of body languageBody language is one of means of non-verbal communication. It is the most natural part of non-verbal communication and it helps verbal-communication achieve effective communication. During the study of communication, researchers just pay attenti
