浅析跨文化中的非言语交际.docVIP

【标题】浅析跨文化中的非言语交际 【作者】林冬妍 【关键词】非言语交际；文化差异；功能；教学 【指导老师】程 琼 【专业】英语 【正文】Ⅰ. IntroductionSince language came into being, it has been playing a commanding role as a means of communication for human being, but not the only one. Nonverbal communication takes place with verbal one at the same time in the communication. Nonverbal communication is an important integrate part of human communication. When we are involved in communicating, we need to mobilize our time, space, facial expression, intonation, body movement, temperature, color, smell, clothing and body decoration and many other ways to communicate with each other, not only using language to transmit information. These means for communication without words are so-called nonverbal communication. Traditionally, language studies have emphasized verbal and written forms. Because verbal communication conveys the messages in a convenient and direct way. But recently nonverbal communication has received more and more attention and become a youthful science which is related to many other subjects.?During the history, many thinkers have studied nonverbal communication and have written many works. The earliest study of nonverbal communication could be the various schools of thinkers in pre-Qin Dynasty and Greek philosopher Aristotle. The scientific study of nonverbal communication primarily started after World War?Ⅱ.Darwin’s Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in 1872 was one of the most influential pre-twentieth century works. In 1950’s, there was a significant increase in the number of nonverbal research efforts. The two milestones of this decade were Birdwhistell’s Introduction to Kinesics in 1952 and Hall’s Silent Language in 1959. 1960s produced a?“nuclear explosion” of nonverbal studies. During this time, the classic theoretical piece was Ekman’s and Friesen’s article on the origins, usage, and coding of nonverbal behavior. The 1970s proved to be a time of summarizing and synthesizing on nonverbal s