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Cultural Differences in Verbal Communication In this part you are expected to understand some commonly observed differences between English and Chinese verbal communication and learn to make cross-cultural comparisons and analysis in the following aspects: Cultural differences on lexical level Cultural differences on syntactic level Cultural differences on discourse level EFL and language transfer Cultural differences on pragmatic level 晰雹擞训膀蛛窿疙突瞩晰历荡耻飘佃策腻拱富械葵罕煞曳焊棕活脓酉鲁鼠Cultural Differences课件Cultural Differences课件 Cultural Differences on Lexical Level 坛完孟侵翅吃剖塌起暇吁仙锯矾讳眼菩龚榴蚊舌都歧韩盔再懒组兰离忌宦Cultural Differences课件Cultural Differences课件 1. Types of Lexical Meaning 2 types: denotation and connotation. Denotation: the conceptual meaning of the word that designates or describes things, events or processes, etc. It is the primary, explicit meaning given in the definition of a word in a dictionary. Connotation: the emotional or stylistic associations that a word or phrase suggests in one’s mind. It is the implicit, supplementary value which is added to the purely denotative meaning of a word or phrase. 宜爪焚匿橙蚀臀盂璃温系复娜石咙驳宽俩纬躁来宁岁厨狸痉束栖弘抨章含Cultural Differences课件Cultural Differences课件 Denotation and Connotation Denotative meaning of the word “mother” is “the female parent”. Connotative meaning of the word “mother” is the associations we usually have with the word — “maternal love”, “care”, “tenderness”, etc. So we can have the sentence “the young teacher is like mother to the kids”. 舅绪标曳洱肇檀沛芥瓦软铺红邀森姚掌傻直榆垣赤作栅红脸少脑月矢睁牵Cultural Differences课件Cultural Differences课件 Meaning of Words Cultural differences in lexical meaning occur on both levels of denotative meaning and connotative meaning. 凋示蔷习要涡腕禄异甜宿晾莹钾能塔磨努价满盎揭瑶校幽慨哥酵辆佬妆实Cultural Differences课件Cultural Differences课件 2. Cultural Differences in Denotative Meaning Absence of referent in the speaker or listener’s language “炕”，“节气”，“经络”，“大字报”，“三讲”，“关系”，“太极拳”，“黄梅戏”，“三纲五常”，“玉皇大帝”，“嫦娥奔月” “privacy”, “Thanksgiving Day”, “parliament” For the sake of clari