跨文化交际期末考试复习题.english.docVIP

PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 1 跨文化交际期末考试复习题 Define the following items: culture ：what the behavior and customs mean to the people who are following them communication ：give or exchange information or ideas. intercultural communication ：communication between people whose cultural perceptions and symbol systems are distinct enough to alter the communication event. high-context culture ：a culture in which meaning is not necessarily contained in words. Information is provided through gestures, the use of space, and even silence. low-context culture ：a culture in which the majority of the information is vested in the explicit code. relationship between culture and language ：Culture influences language by way of symbols and rules for using those symbols, as well as our perceptions of the universe (the meaning associated with the symbols).Language, on the other hand, would seem to have a major impact on the way an individual perceives and conceptualizes the world. verbal communication ：communication done both orally and in written language analytical thinking patterns (inductive) ：analyze and dissect things into elements in order to understand them properly.The emphasis is upon the parts rather than the whole of things. synthetic thinking patterns (deductive) ： synthesize elements into a unit, with the emphasis on the “whole”. nonverbal communication ：involves all nonverbal stimuli in a communication setting that is generated by both the source and his or her use of the environment and that has potential message value for the source or receiver. body language ：refers to all nonverbal codes which are associated with body movements.It includes gestures, head movements, facial expressions, eye behaviors, postures and other displays that can be used to communicate. monochronic time (M Time) ：It schedules one event at a time. In these cultures time is perceived as a linear structure just like a ribbon stretching from the past into the futur