STUDY ON COMPARISON OF BODY LANGUAGE BETWEEN CHINESE AND AMERICAN CULTURES

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1、STUDYONCOMPARISONOFBODYLANGUAGEBETWEENCHINESEANDAMERICANCULTURES摘要肢体语言是人类语言的重要组成部分，在中美文化交流中扮演着重要角色。本文运用案例法与比较法，从四个方面对两国的手势、身势、眼神交流和面部表情四类肢体语言进行了进行对比与分析，即“相同”含义的相同肢体语言比较、“不同”含义的相同肢体语言比较、“相同”含义的不同肢体语言比较、中美两国各自独特的肢体语言比较，并探讨了背后的文化根源。研究结果表明，两国在生产、生活中存在的诸多共同特征是导致中、美肢体语言存在共性的主要原因，而两国独特的历史文化和语言表达等因素对两国

2、肢体语言差异的形成产生了重大影响。因此，必须深入了解两国肢体语言及其文化背景，才能提高跨文化交际能力，促进中美文化交流。关键词：肢体语言；文化差异；跨文化交际ABSTRACTBodylanguageisaveryimportantpartinhumanlanguageanditplaysavitalroleinSino-Americancross-culturalcommunication.Dividedintogestures,posture,eyecontactsandfacialexpressions,thebodylanguagesinChinaandAmericahaveb

3、eencomparedandanalyzedfromfouraspectsbycaseanalysisandcomparisonmethod.Thefouraspectsinclude(1)thesamebodylanguagewiththesamemeaning,(2)thesamebodylanguagewithdifferentmeanings;(3)differentbodylanguagewiththesamemeaning,(4)thespecialbodylanguageexistsinChineseandAmericanculturerespectively.Furt

4、hermore,culturalbackgroundofbodylanguageintwocountriesisdiscussed.Theresultsshowthatthesimilarfeaturesinbothlifeandproduction?Intwocountriesarethemajorreasonsfortheexistenceofcommoncognitionofbodylanguages.Thespecialhistoricalcharacteristicsanddifferentwaysoflanguageexpressionplayeanimportantro

5、leinthedifferencesofbodylanguagebetweenthetwocountries.Therefore,inordertoimproveSino-Americancross-culturalcommunication,itisnecessarytohaveagoodknowledgeofbodylanguageunderdifferentculturalbackgroundsinChinaandAmerica.Keywords:bodylanguage;culturaldifferences;cross-culturalcommunicationConten

6、ts1.Introduction2.Literaturereview2.1Conceptionsofrelatedwords2.1.1Definitionofbodylanguage2.1.2Conceptionofculture2.2Overseasanddomesticliteraturereviewonbodylanguage2.2.1Overseasliteraturereviewonbodylanguage2.2.2Domesticliteraturereviewonbodylanguage3.ComparisonofbodylanguagesinChineseandAme

7、ricancultures3.1Thesamebodylanguagewiththesamemeaning3.2Thesamebodylanguagewithdifferentmeanings3.3Differentbodylanguageswiththesamemeaning3.4UniquebodylanguasinChineseandAmericanculturerespectively4.Waystoimproveinterculturalcomm