跨文化交际实用教程胡超BradJHerdUnit4NonverbalCommunication.pptVIP

Unit 5 Nonverbal Communication Believe it or not In face-to-face communication 65% of the information is communicated through nonverbal means (Samovar, 1981; Ross, 1974) Support 1: Charlie Chaplin swept the world with his silent films Support 2: Robinson Crusoe “talked” with Friday without knowing his servant’s language Study Areas (P95) Time language Space language Body language Paralanguage n. [语]副语言(指手势语等),辅助语言 ,超语言(如呻吟声、叹息声等) Space Language Personal Space When two people are talking to each other, they tend to stand a specific distance apart. Each person has an invisible boundary around their body into which other people may not come. (Warm-up Case 1, Page 85) Don’t be closer! Affecting? Not sit next to strangers! Choose a Place to Sit! Personal Space Changes Invading Personal Space Personal Space Suit T-shirt Design Zones of spatial distance Intimate: loving, comforting, protecting or fighting (0-45cm) Personal: conversations with intimates, friends and acquaintances (45-80cm) Social: impersonal business and social gatherings (1.30m-3m) Public: lectures, concerts, plays, speeches, ceremonies (2 or 3 meters) Cultural differences in the use of personal space Southern Europeans (French, Italians, Greek, Spaniards etc.) vs. Northern Europeans (German, Scandinavian, British etc.) Chinese vs. native English-speakers Southern Americans vs. Northern Americans Low-contact cultures vs. high-contact cultures Generally, people from colder climates use large physical distances when they communicate, whereas those from warm climates prefer close distances. Southern Europeans are thought by their northern counterparts to get “too close for comfort” whereas the northern Europeans are regarded by their southern neighbours as “too distant and aloof”. Case 8 This is Not a Love Signal Sawada (Japanese) and Lina (Hollander) Page 93 Body Language Gestures 在英美等西方国家，有时会看到有人站在马路边，朝驶过来的车辆伸出一只翘起大拇指的拳头。这是请求搭便车的表示。所以搭车也可以说to thumb a lift。但是在希腊，这却是一种侮辱人的手势。 to crook a finger 朝某人弯曲食指