OntheTaboodifferencesinBodyLanguageinChineseandWesterncultures浅析肢体语言禁忌在中西文化中的差异AthesissubmittedtotheForeignLanguagesDepartmentofNorthwestUniversityforNationalitiesforthedegreeofBachelorofArtsBySupervisorMay4th,2013iTableofContents1Introduction…………………………………………...….....12TheSignificanceandFeaturesofBodyLanguage……….22.1SignificanceofBodyLanguage…………………………………………...22.2TheFeaturesofBodyLanguage……………………………………………33TaboosinBodyLanguage…………………………………..33.1TaboosofFacialExpressions……………………………………………….33.1.1Smiling……………………………………………………………………43.1.2Smacking………………………………………………………………….43.1.3CoveringtheMouth……………………………………………………….43.2TaboosofEyeContact……………………………………………………….43.3TaboosofGesture…………………………………………………………….53.3.1Waving…………………………………………………………………….53.3.2“V”Gesture………………………………………………………………..63.3.3“OK”Gesture……………………………………………………………...63.3.4MiddleFinger-up…………………………………………………………..63.3.5Thumbs-up………………………………………………………………....73.3.6ShakingHands……………………………………………………………..73.4TaboosofPosture……………………………………………………………..83.4.1Sitting……………………………………………………………………...83.4.2Crouching…………………………………………………………………..93.4.3Walking…………………………………………………………………...93.5TaboosofTouch……………………………………………………………...93.5.1TouchingwithStringers’Body…………………………………………..103.5.2TouchingwithBodiesoftheSameSex………………………………….103.5.3TouchingwithChildren’sBody………………………………………….104Conclusion…………………………………………...……..115References……………………………………………………...…….…126Acknowledgements…………………………………………………....13iiTabooinBodyLanguagebetweenChinaandWest【Abstract】Thetwowaysofhumancommunications,theverbalcommunicationandnon-verbalcommunicationarecomplementarytoeachotherandbecomeundividedentirety.Bodylanguageisthemostnormalnon-verbalcommunicationinhumancommunication,includingfacialexpression,eyecontact,gesture,postureandtouch,etc.Thesameactofbodylanguagecanbeconsideredasthedifferentsignalandinformationbythepeoplewithdifferentculturalbackground.Onceleavingitout,onemayoutrageothers.Therefore,intheinter-culturecommunicationbetweenChinaandtheWest,onlybyacquiringtaboosinbodylanguageofeachothercanpeopleavoidcultureconflict.【Keywords】Non-verbalcommunication,bodylanguage,taboo,interculturalcommunication【摘要】人类交际有两种形式:语言交际和非语言交际。这两种形式相辅相成，构成人类交际不可分割的整体。体态语是人类交际中最常见的一种非语言行为,它包括眼神、手势、身姿、面部表情和体触行为等。由于文化差异,同一动作的体态语会被不同文化背景的人理解为不同的信号和不同的信息,稍不注意就会犯忌。因此,在中西方跨文化交际中,人们应了解彼此的体态语禁忌,这样才能避免因不当的体态语行为而引起文化冲突。【关键词】非言语交际肢体语言禁忌跨文化交际iii1.IntroductionHumanbeingcommunicateswitheachotherbytwoways.Oneisverbalcommunication,andtheotherisnon-verbalcommunication.Thesuccessfulcross-culturalcommunicationneedstoundersta...