Value System in Intercultural Communication 英语专业毕业论文.doc

Value System in Intercultural Communication Contents Acknowledgements 3 Abstract (English) 4 (Chinese) 6 Chapter I Introduction 7 The Necessity of Intercultural Study 7 The Definition of Culture 8 Chapter II The Structure of Culture 10 2.1 Material Culture, Social Culture and Ideological Culture 10 2.2 Overt Culture and Covert Culture 11 Chapter III Value System 12 Confucianism vs. Individualism Human Rights 13 Good Nature vs. Evil Nature 16 Collectivism vs. Individualism 18 Power vs. Solidarity 19 Status Identity vs. Freedom of Actions 20 Warm Human Feelings vs. Instrumentality and Fair Play 21 Past Orientation vs. Future Orientation 24 P-time vs. M-time 26 High-context vs. Low-context 26 Chapter IV The Impact of Value System on Intercultural Communication 30 4.1 The Impact of Value System on Indirectness 30 4.2 The Impact of Value System on Topic Introduction 37 4.3 The Impact of Value System on Privacy-regulation 38 4.4 The Impact of Value System on the Styles of Approaching Conflicts 39 4.5 The Impact of Value System on “Face” 39 Chapter V The Approaches to A Successful Intercultural Communicat41 Chapter VI Conclusion 43 Selected Bibliography