Analysis of Silence in Intercultural Communication

DOI

10.2991/icemet-15.2015.35How to use a DOI?

Keywords

silence; intercultural communication; social and pragmatic functions.

Abstract

Verbal communication and non-verbal communication are two ways of communication between human beings. Verbal communication is important and has significant influence on human behavior, meanwhile, non-verbal communication should not be ignored. Silence is one aspect of non-verbal communication. It can also express our ideas and convey information. People from different cultures have different understandings of silence. In order to reach successful intercultural communication, different cultural connotations of silence should be known. This paper explores the reasons for different understandings of silence in American culture and Chinese culture through comparison, illustrating the social and pragmatic functions of silence.

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© 2015, 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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuan Yuan Quan
PY  - 2015/08
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TI  - Analysis of Silence in Intercultural Communication
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Economy, Management and Education Technology
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 155
EP  - 159
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icemet-15.2015.35
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