Abstract:

With the rapid development of Chinese and western cross-cultural communication, body language as an important part of the nonverbal communication plays an irreplaceable role in the Chinese and western cross-cultural communication. Under the different cultural backgrounds, body languages have different connotations and performance. So, to explore the cultural factors behind the differences in Chinese and western body languages is of great significance to reduce the misunderstandings and frictions in Chinese and western cross-cultural communication. This paper aims to study the differences in Chinese and western body language in cross-cultural communication, and finds out the cultural factors behind these differences.
After making an overview study of body language, this paper focuses on the comparative analysis of the differences in Chinese and western body language. The paper also analyses the reasons for the differences in Chinese and western body language to make readers understand the differences deeply.

Keywords: body language;  differences;  reasons

摘  要：

随着中西方国家的跨文化交际日益频繁，肢体语言作为非语言交际的重要组成部分，在跨文化交际中起着不可替代的作用。不同文化背景下形成的肢体语言内涵和表现形式有所差异，深入探讨这些差异背后的文化原因对中西方国家间的相互交流减少误解和摩擦。本文旨在研究中西方肢体语言的差异，探讨其差异背后的文化原因。
通过肢体语言的研究概述，本文主要对中西方肢体语言的差异进行比较和分析。本文还分析了中西方肢体语言差异产生的原因，从而使读者更加深入地这些差异。

关键词：肢体语言；差异；原因