A Comparative Study of the Body Language in Chineseand Western Countries文档[精品].doc

中西方身势语对比研究 A Comparative Study of the Body Language in Chinese and Western Countries Abstract: As a communicative tool, language is very important in many situations. However, body language also takes a complementary role to help people transfer information to improve communication, which will be an indispensable power to break up language obstacles in intercultural communication. In the 21st century, as the economic and cultural exchange of all countries becomes more and more frequent, more obstacles have been caused by the differences of language and culture. In intercultural communication, one of the most useful ways to deal with the obstacles is to master the meanings of body language. However, even if people understand the meanings of some general body language, there are also some difficulties to master. Because even the same body language has great differences in different cultural background. Using body language wrongly can make people fail in interpersonal communications, which would also cause conflict in international communication. It is important to know the differences of the same body language in different countries and how to apply body language correctly. In this paper, after studying the experience of the forefathers, the various usages and functions of body language in different cultural background have been analyzed. Key words: body language; non-verbal communication; intercultural communication; cultural difference 摘　要：语言是一种交流工具，但是起辅助作用的身势语在人类交流中也起着不可忽视的作用。在跨文化交际中它帮助人们传情达意，语言障碍，促进交流。21世纪， 随着国际经济文化交流的加深，由于语言，文化的差异而产生的障碍随时都可能存在，在跨文化交际中，消除障碍的最有效的方法就是了解身势语的含义。 然而即使我们对常用的身势语有所了解，我们仍然面临着一些困难，身势语含义千变万化，即使同一身势语在不同的文化背景都有不同的含义。错误地用身势语不仅会使我们在跨文化交际中失败，而且会造成和外国朋友之间的冲突，所以怎样正确地使用身势语，怎样理解身势语的差异都非常重要，该篇论文中作者在前人成果的基础上分析了各种身势语在不同文化背景下的用法和功能。身势语；跨文化交际；文化差异Ⅰ.Introduction………………………………..……………….………1 II. The Functions of Body Language………….………...….…….…..2 A. Improve people’s communicative skills and abilities.….…….…….. ..2 B. Make people’s communication more effectivel