非言语交际中的文化差异及建议_英语论文

Cultural Differences of Non-verbal Communication and Some Suggestions

摘要

人类有两种交际方式：言语交际和非言语交际。通常，人们认为言语交际是最强有力的、最重要的交际方式，以至于忽略了非言语交际。事实上，言语交际无法孤立地运行，始终需要非言语交际辅佐。在跨文化交际过程中，交际者往往借助姿势体态或面目表情等非语言手段来传递交流信息和思想感情。然而，非言语交际具有很大的文化差异，同一种非言语行为在不同的文化中有不同的意思或者相同的意思在不同的文化中用不同的非言语行为表达。因此，对这些非语言交流手段的研究具有重要意义和价值。

论文将着重从副语言和体态语这两方面研究非言语交际中的文化差异，关注那些容易引起语义歧义的副语言和体态语。综合分析研究后，给出相关建议,帮助外语学习者了解汉英文化视域下的非言语交际行为的差异。

关键词： 非言语交际；文化差异；建议

Abstract

Human communication consists of two types: verbal communication and non-verbal communication. Usually, people regard verbal communication as the most powerful and important means of communication; as a result, non-verbal communication is often ignored. In fact, verbal communication cannot make sense alone, having the need for assistance of non-verbal communication. Generally, in cross-cultural communication, communicators tend to convey information and feelings by means of non-verbal methods such as gestures, body language, eye contact and facial expressions. However, there are a variety of cultural differences in non-verbal communications; for instance, the same kind of non-verbal behavior has different meanings in different cultures or the same meaning in different cultures is expressed by different non-verbal behaviors. Thus, it is of importance and value to make research on these non-verbal communication means. 

This paper, from the aspects of paralanguage and body language, will focus on studying cultural differences in non-verbal communications and place emphasis on those paralanguage and body language which are easily prone to cause semantic ambiguity. After a comprehensive analysis, it will give some suggestions on learning cultural differences of non-verbal communication.

Key words: non-verbal communication; cultural differences; suggestions