A Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Body Language’s Cultural Connotations_英语专业毕业论文.docVIP

A Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Body Language’s Cultural Connotations 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; reason 摘 要 人们在传递信息，感情时，仅使用文字或言语，有时不够生动形象，因而这时就需要非语言交际。人们利用身体各部分来传递信息，交流思想。它包括手势，，面部表情，交谈者之间的距离等。是随文化的改变而改变，因而不同国家的身势语所表达的意思不一定都相同，所以，在跨文化交际中，要清楚地认识非语言交际。本文从文化角度对身势语在不同的文化背景中的含义作了介绍，探讨了中国和英语国家在手势，，面部表情，体距等方面的文化差异对跨文化交际中的进行探讨，有助于人们减少或避免在跨文化交际中因的文化差异而引起的误解。Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Body language 2 2.1 Definition of Body Language 2 2.2 Importance of Body Language 2 2.3 Functions of Body Language 3 Chapter 3 Differences of English and Chinese Body Language’s Cultural Connotations 6 3.1 Hand Gesture 6 3.2 Eye Contact 7 3.3 Facial Expressions 8 3.4 Body Distance 9 3.5 Body Touch 10 Chapter4 Reasons