A brief analysis of the application of
body language in cross-cultural Communication
Specialty: English
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Acknowledgements
In writing this paper, I want to thank all my teachers ,for their teaching and kind support, their continuous encouragement and massive help during these years. To the my twenty six classmates who helped me with my research, for their enthusiastic participation;To 闸管my friends in shijiazhuang, beijing, Liverpool, Western Ontario encouragement and great support.
Second, I would like to express my heartfe lt gratitude to professors Fu Tianjun, my advisor who spent much of his precious time discussing with me and helping me to narrow the topic at the initial stages, as well as showing great concern for my progress. I am deeply indebted for his assistance in helping me to accomplish this study. Without his encouragement and specific guidance, the completion of this thesis would have been impossible. In addition, he has been very kind to me whenever I confronted problems during the project.
Also, I hereby express my sincere gratitude to my classmates and roommates, who helpe
d me to do the data collection I needed for this project. They have generously offered their help at the preparatory stage during this study. Finally, I thank the subjects whose cooperation and participation contributed to the very basis for this research work.
Abstract
In the 21st century, as the economic and cultural exchanging of all countries becomes more and more frequent, there appear more obstacles caused by the differences of language and culture. In intercultural communication, one of the most useful ways to deal with the obstacles is to master the meaning of body language. However, even if we understand the meaning of some general body language, there are also some difficulties to master because even the same body language has great differences in different culture background and have different social functions. This article devotes to a comparis
on and contrast of body language in different cultures in terms of eye language, gestures, postures, facial expressions and touch. Using body languages wrongly makes you fail in interpersonal communications, which would cause conflict in international communication. So what are the differences of the same body language in different country? How to apply body language correctly? In this essay, after borrowing and studying the experience of the forefathers, the author analyzes the various usages and functions of body language in different culture background. It aims 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.
Key Words: intercultural communication; cultural difference;body language;
摘 要
21世纪， 随着国际经济文化交流的加深，由于语言，文化的差异而产生的障碍随时都可能存在，在跨文化交际中，消除障碍的最有效的方法就是了解身势语的含义。然而即使我们 对常用的身势语有所了解，我们仍然面临着一些困难，身势语含义千变万化，即使同一身势语在不同的文化背景都有不同的含义，行使着不同的社会功能。本文致力于从目光语，手势语，身体姿态，面部表情，体触语方面对不同文化的身势语进行对比。错误地用身势语不仅会使我们在跨文化交际中失败，而且会造成和外国朋友之间的冲突，所以怎样正确地使用身势语，怎样理解身势语的差异都非常重要，该篇论文中作者在借鉴前人成果的基础上分析了各种身势语在不同文化背景下的用法和功能。目的在于通过列举身势语的文化差异与共性，并提出交际中遵循的原则，从而促进有效交流,避免误解。
关键词：跨文化交际；文化差异；身体语言
Table of contents
Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………………… i
Ab国外农业网站stract in English ………………………………………………………………………………ii
Abstract in Chinese ……………………………………………………………………………iii
Chapter one Introduction……………………………………………………………………3
1.1狐狸之歌 Significance of study
1.2 Structure of this paper
Chapter Two Literature Review………………………………………… 3
2.1. Concept of Body Language…………………………………………………………3
2.2. Classification and Functions of Body Language………………….4
2.3. Examples of Body Language………………………………………………………..6
2.4. Necessities of Body Language in Intercultural Communication………………….8
Chapter Three The Differences of Body Language in Various Countries.10
3.1. Eye Contact…………………………………………………………………........10
3.2. Smile………………………………………………………………………….....12
3.3. Body Distance…………………………………………………………………....13
3.4. Touch……………………………………………………………………………..14
3.5. Gestures…………………………………………………………………………..16
Chapter Four The Similarities of Body Language and Their Reasons..…19
4.1. The Similarities of Body Language………………………………………………..19
4.2. The Causes Resulting in the Similarities of Body Language ……………….........20
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4.3. The Principles of Reducing Barriers in Communication………………………….20
Chapter Five Conclusion…………………………………….......21
References………………………………………………………………………….. .21
Chapter One
Introduction
1.1Significance of study
In modern society, most countries in the world communicate with each other frequently, and at the same time, the people speaking different languages have different cultural background, way of living, faith of religion, personal values and so on, which take intervene to the communication of people coming from different country.
When a Chinese meet an American friend, would kissing each other be offensive for the Chinese? If two young friends of the same sex walk with their arms around each other’s shoulders would English-speaking people regard this as being proper? Does nodding head mean ‘yes’ and shaking means ‘no’ in all cultures? I’m afraid nobody can give a positive or negative answer about the above questions, because the same behavior in different culture has different meanings. Language is one of the gifts of human being. It lets us share our experiences, helps us learn from others, and allows us to communicate across time, But language is only one of the ways we communicate, Gestures and body language communicate as effectively as words, maybe even more effectively, we can use body language to gather information from our surroundings too. The more you understand body language and its affect on others, the better you will be in communicatin
g with co-workers, bosses, clients, and others you encounter during the day. By making simple adjustments to your posture, facial expressions and mannerisms, you can improve the way others view you. In fact, in some respects our primary means of understanding each other are two things we have in common with the rest of the animal world: our eyes and our bodies. Without gestures, our world would be static and colorless “A psychologist proposed a formula: the total impact of message = 7% verbal 38% vocal 55% facial expressions and behavior.”(多肿瘤蛋白芯片徐小丹.跨文化交际中的非言语交际.黑龙江社会科学，2004)
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