Comparative Research on the Body Language of Chinese and English during Cross-cultural Communication

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10.2991/icelaic-17.2017.163How to use a DOI?

Keywords

nonverbal communication; body language; inter-cultural communication

Abstract

Since people come from different cultural backgrounds, the non-verbal communication is very important. Body language is an important part of non-verbal communication in cross-cultural communication. This paper firstly introduces the definition of body language. And then, it concludes the function of it. At last, the author analyzes the body language of English and Chinese in cross-cultural communication. which includes five aspects of the different personalities of the English and Chinese language and common comparative analysis from the posture, gestures, facial expressions, eye contacts, and tactile movement.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Wenjing Sun
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DA  - 2017/12
TI  - Comparative Research on the Body Language of Chinese and English during Cross-cultural Communication
BT  - Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication (ICELAIC 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 707
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SN  - 2352-5398
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