在跨文化交际中身体语言的运用The-Application-of-Body-Language-in-

TheApplicationofBodyLanguageinInterculturalCommunicationAbstract：Likeverballanguage,bodylanguageisalsoapartofculture.Differentculturesharesdifferentbodylanguagesexceptsomeworldknownones.Andininterculturalcommunication，thesamebodylanguagemaymeandifferentthings.Thispaper，onthebasisofsomeexamples，emphasizestheapplicationofbodylanguagesininterculturalcommunicationbycomparingdifferentbodylanguagesbetweendifferentcountries.Thefunctionofcommunicationshouldnotbeneglected，itcanobtainbettercommunicationeffect.Conversely,communicationerrorswillbecaught.Incross-culturalcommunication，let'slearnandunderstandtheapplicationofbodylanguageindifferentcountriesandregions.Keywords：bodylanguage；interculturalcommunication；diversityIntroduction:Bodylanguageisalsocalledphysiquelanguage.Itisameanstoexpressandconveythoughtsandfeelingsthroughhumans’facialexpression,gesturebuilder,bodystanceandposture.It’salmosthumans’instincttoconveythoughtsandfeelingsthroughhumans’posture.Thisisbecausethatpostureissimple,convenient,fast,andintuitionist.Anditisusedextremelywidelyinourdailylife.Andsometimes,itcanexpressourinformationmoremasterlythanvoiceandgiveoppositesidemorespacetothink.What’smore,bodylanguagecanenhanceandcomplementlanguageperformance,andmakelanguageinformationsubstantiated.1.Bodylanguage’sfeaturesareagreatamountofinformation,coherence,changeable,andcredible.Therearethreereasons:(1)Bodylanguagecanmakecommunicationinmultiaspectsandmultilevels.Bodylanguage,suchas,expressioninone’seyes,dress,gesture,posture,distance,volume,rhythm,canconveyinformationatthesametime.Andthesemakeoppositesidegetallkindsofinformationinmultiaspectsanddifferentmeansatthesametime.(2)Onlyifcommunicationbothsideskeepwithinrangeofvisionandaudition,theirbodylanguagewillconstantlyexchangeinformation.Facialexpression,gesture,postureandlocationconstantlychangingcanconveycoherenceandchangeableinformationthroughvision.(3)Asusual,bodylanguageisshowninunconscioussituation.Sobodylanguagejustshowspeople’sactualpsychologyandlesssomethingfake.Thismakescommunicationmorerealandcredible.2.TheessentialandimportanceoflearningbodylanguageininterculturalcommunicationInterculturalcommunicationisalsocalledcross-culturalcommunication.Itmeansthatinteractionhappenbetweendifferentculturalbackgroundpeople.Asaresultofdifferentnationindifferentsubstance,society,religionandotherdifferentenvironment,andtheirrespectivelanguageenvironmentleadstoadifferentlanguagehabits,socialculture,andmanyotherenvironmentalfactors.Sobodylanguagedoesn’tstandforallthesamemeaningindifferentculture.Non-verbalcommunicationisoneofbasicofinterculturalcommunication,andbodylanguageistheimportanceofNon-verbalcommunication.Inrecentyears,withthepaceofreformandopeninguptotheoutsideworldspeedingup,especiallysinceChinajoinintheWTO,foreignaffairshavebecomeincreasingfrequently,interculturalcommunicationbetweenalotofcountriesismoreandmoreextensive,andthereisanincreasingnumberofpeoplerefertointerculturalcommunicationthroughglobalInternet.Ifbodylanguageisusedwellininterculturalcommunication,itcanobtainbettercommunicationeffect.Conversely，communicationerrorswillbecaught.Asaforeignlanguagelearner,weshouldnotonlypayattentiontoapplicationofbodylanguageininterculturalcommunication,butalsoknowaboutsomecommonbodylanguageinforeigncountriesinordertoavoidmisunderstanding.ThenIwillshowmeaningandapplicationofdifferentcountries’bodylanguage,suchas,distance,eyecontact,bodytouch,andfacialexpression.3.Theapplicationofbodylanguageininterculturalcommunication(1)ThedistanceAnthropologistfinedthatinface-to-facesituation,individualswillkeepdifferentdistanceunconsciouslybasedontheintimateordisperserelationship.Thisdistancechange,whichresultfromtheintimateordisperserelationshipbetweendifferentindividuals,iscalledinterpersonaldistanceinpsychology.Thechangeofinterpersonaldistance,asindividualsarecommunicating,istheemotionalexpressioninbodylanguage.Thereisanexampletoshowdifferentconceptofthedistanceinfluencedbydifferentculture.Ataninternationalconference,twoprofessors,oneLatin,andtheotherAmerican,weretalking.Throughouttheconversation,theLatinkeptadvancingwhiletheAmericankeptretreatinguntiltheAmericanhadhisbackagainstawall.Theunderlyingreasonforthissituationliesontheconceptofthedifferentbodydistanceeachofthem.TheLatindidnotfeelcomfortableunlesshewasveryclosetotheAmerican,andtheAmerican,onthecontrary,didnotfeelrelaxedunlessthedistancewasgreater.Inthisexample,wecanknowthatthedistanceofthebothisthekey.Therearedifferentopinionsaboutthatwhilepeopleofdifferentnationsaretalking,howlongdistancekeptawayfromeachotherisappropriate.Accordingtoresearch,itissaidthatintheUnitedStatessocialorbusinesstalking,fourmajortypesofdistancesexpressinfourdifferentsituations:intimatedistance,personaldistance,socialdistance,publicdistance.Talkingclosebetweenthetwosidesissuitforthemostintimateoccasions,suchastherelationofcouple.Thedistanceisfrom0toabout45centimeters;Thedistanceofconversationamongfriends,acquaintancesorrelativesisgenerallyfrom45to80centimetersapart,whichisadvisable;Forpe