《英语专业毕业论文-A Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Body Language’s Cultural Connotations》.doc

PAGE 学号：4106027012 泰山医学院毕业设计（论文） A Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Body Language’s Cultural Connotations 院（部）系 外国语学院 所 学 专 业 英语本科 （非英双专业第二学位） 年级、班级 2007级1班 完成人姓名 指导教师姓名 专业技术职务 20  A Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Body Language’s Cultural Connotations By Wang Chunsu Supervisor：Lan Xiaoxiao Submitted to the School of Foreign Languages in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Taishan Taian, China May, 2010 论文原创性保证书 我保证所提交的论文都是自己独立完成，如有抄袭、剽窃、雷同等现象，愿承担相应后果，接受学校的处理。 专业： 英语本科（非英双专业第二学位） 班级： 2007级1班 签名： 2010年 5 泰山医学院本科毕业设计（论文） Abstract People usually rely on languages to communicate, to express their thought or to transmit the information, but just using the languages or words are not vivid enough to communicate in our life. So, we always need the help of body language. Body language, including hand gestures, eye contact, facial expression, body distance, body touch and so on. Body language differs from culture to culture, therefore it is necessary to understand the different meanings of body language in different countries. This thesis, first discusses the definition, importance and function of body language in the communication through the elaboration of some examples; moreover, this thesis majorly focuses on the differences of English and Chinese body language’s cultural connotations, especially those in hand gesture, eye contact, facial expression, body distance and body touch; at last, this thesis discusses the reasons for the differences of English and Chinese body language’s cultural connotations. The research of English and Chinese body language in cross-cultural communication is helpful for people to diminish or avoid misunderstandings caused by the cultural connotations of body language in different countries. Key words: communication; body language; cultural connotations; difference;