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摘 要体态语是一种重要的交际方式，它运用姿势、手势、表情、眼神等来传递信息和表达感情。因为文化差异，在不同的文化中，相同的体态语的意义是不同的，不同的体态语也可以表示相同的意义。因此，如果人们想要更好地交流，最好学习和理解体态语在不同文化中的功能和差异。本篇论文主要从体态语的的定义和功能，及其与文化之间的关系，来分析中英两国体态语的差异及其原因，以便能够加深对说话者内心真实感情的理解，提高两国的经济文化和外交往来，避免交际障碍。19626
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关键词：体态语；跨文化交际；差异；原因
Abstract
Body language is one of the tools of communication, which uses postures, gestures, facial expressions and eye contacts to convey information and express feelings. Because of cultural differences, the same body language may refer to different meanings and different body languages may be used to express the same meaning in different cultures. So people had better learn and understand the different functions and differences of body language in different cultures if they want to reach a successful communication. This paper chiefly introduces the definition and functions of body language and its relationship with culture to analyze differences of body language in two countries and its reasons, which is helpful to deepen the understanding of the speakers’ inner feeling and to improve their economic, cultural and diplomatic communication and to avoid communication understandings.
Key words: body language; cross-cultural communication; differences; reasons
On Cultural Difference Between China and the UK from Body Language
Contents
摘 要 i
Abstract ii
I. Introduction 1
II. Body Language 2
2.1 Definition of Body Language 2
2.2 Functions of Body Language 3
2.3 Relationship Between Culture and Body Language 5
III. Differences of Body Language in Chinese and English Cultures 6
3.1 Posture 6
3.2 Gesture 8
3.3 Eye Contact 8
3.4 Facial Expression 9
3.5 Physical Distance in Conversation 10
IV. Reasons of the Differences 10
4.1 Religious Belief 10
4.2 Ethnic Character Traits 11
4.3 Customs 11
4.4 Personal Value 12
4.5 Social Norms 13
V. Conclusion 13
Bibliography 15
Acknowledgments 16
I. Introduction
Human communication consists of verbal communication and nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communication plays a very important role in the whole communication. Body language which contains postures, gestures, facial expressions, eye contacts and distance in conversation and so on is a main part of nonverbal communication. Psychologist David Abercrombie ever pointed out: “we speak with verbal organs but we talk with our body.” (Joseph 79). “Research shows that when people meet someone for the first time, only 7% of their initial impact on others is determined by the content of what they say; 93% of their message is made up of body language (55%) and the tone of their voice (38%)” (Birdwhistell 79). Body language is a kind of media through which people communicate with each other. Although we may not realize it, it helps us to get along with others and convey much information that cannot be transferred only by word. This shows the necessity and importance of body language.
Charles Darwin once said, “Human would gradually obtain communication capacity through body information” (Darwin 42). Body language is the earliest communicating system in the human history. It has been used to for human communication for a long time before the vocal and verbal language appeared. When we speak we complement the conversation with body language consciously or unconsciously, even we have stopped talking, we still use body to deliver our feeling, emotions and thoughts. It is easy to say that the body language seems more convenient and necessary than verbal language.