大学跨文化交际Unit_2_Daily_Verbal_communication_I.ppt

* 中：以血缘家庭为纽带的中国传统社会；农耕经济；大一统的体制（patriarchal家长制的） 西： 地缘政治为基础的城邦制国家，工商业，小国寡民；民主型（democratic） * A photo of a farm family A photo of Ba Jin’s Family Differences between Chinese and English Kin Terms Chinese Culture English Culture people refer to people strictly according to the kin terms. It is completely unacceptable to refer to ones parents by using the names In some families in Western countries, some children address their parents directly by their first names. When children address relatives, Chinese kin terms tell whether they are older or younger than their father or mother. In Britain, children are expected to address the parents brother and sisters with the title of Uncle or Aunt plus their names and sometimes simply address them by first name without a title. Chinese kin terms tell whether the relatives are from the mother or fathers side and whether ones brother, sister or cousin is older or younger than he/she English kin terms don’t tell whether the relatives are from the mother or fathers side ,and there are not disdinct kin terms for elder brother or younger brother. Chinese kin terms are also to other people who are not ones relatives; kin terms are widely used to address known or unknown people kin terms are not as frequently used as in Chinese. In all kinds of social situations, either formally or informally, people wont use kin terms to address each other if they are not relatives * The way of life Individual vs Group * Idea of oneself Individual-centered vs group-centered * Personal Relationship Simple vs Complex Partings Among the Americans Phase one: One of the individuals initiates this phase by noting that he/she should depart soon, but no immediate move to depart is actually made. Both continue their conversation or other shared activity for a while longer; this delay may last from a few minutes to as much as an hour. An American who intends to depart usually explains that a factor in his/her own personal situation compels the departur