英汉对比视角下的跨文化交际研究 英文PDF电子书下载

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Great Changes in Intercultural Communication 4

1.1 The Importance of Intercultural Communication 4

1.2 Five Stages in the Progress of Human Communication 9

1.3 Three New Motivations of Intercultural Communication 13

1.3.1 New Technology and Information Systems 13

1.3.2 New Explosion of the World's Population 15

1.3.3 New Economic Arena 17

1.4 China's Rise on the World Stage 19

Chapter 2 Settings of Contacts and Human Relationship 21

2.1 Important Settings of International Contacts 21

2.1.1 Education Environment 21

2.1.2 Business Environment 23

2.1.3 Media Environment 25

2.2 Personal and Public Relationship 27

2.2.1 Friendship and Colleagues'Relationship 27

2.2.2 Immigration and Mixed Marriage 29

Chapter 3 Communication and Culture 32

3.1 Communication 33

3.1.1 Definitions of Communication 34

3.1.2 The Complexity of Communication 36

3.1.3 Components of Communication 39

3.1.4 Characteristics of Communication 46

3.1.5 Modals of Communication 55

3.2 Culture 59

3.2.1 Definitions of Culture 60

3.2.2 Characteristics of Culture 64

3.2.3 Functions of Culture 89

3.3 Relationship Between Communication and Culture 90

Chapter 4 Intercultural Communication 92

4.1 Definitions of Intercultural Communication 92

4.2 Elements of Intercultural Communication 93

4.3 Forms of Intercultural Communication 98

4.4 Domains of Intercultural Communication 103

4.5 A Main Disparity of Thinking Modes Between Eastern and Western in Intercultural Communication 104

Chapter 5 Cultural Patterns and Value Dimensions 110

5.1 Culture and Perception 110

5.1.1 Culture's Influence on Perception 110

5.1.2 Beliefs and Values 111

5.1.3 One of Primary Differences Between Chinese and American Values:Face ＆ Freedom 113

5.2 Dominant Cultural Patterns in Intercultural Communication 115

5.2.1 Dominant American Cultural Patterns 116

5.2.2 Dominant Chinese Cultural Patterns 119

5.3 Diverse Value Dimensions 123

5.3.1 Hofstede's Value Dimensions 123

5.3.2 The Kluckhohns and Strodtbeck's Value Orientations 128

5.4 Hall's High-context and Low-context Communication 134

Chapter 6 The Deep Structure of Culture 137

6.1 World View 138

6.1.1 Religion—One's Spiritual View as a World View 139

6.1.2 Five Big Religions in the World and a Comparison Among them 139

6.2 History 150

6.2.1 American History's Influence on the American Character 153

6.2.2 Chinese History's Influence on the Chinese Character 155

6.2.3 A Brief Comparison Between American and Chinese Characters 159

6.3 Family 160

6.3.1 Family's Function and Importance 161

6.3.2 Relationship Among Family,Culture and Society 162

6.3.3 Family's Types in the World 164

Chapter 7 Verbal Communication 168

7.1 Definitions,Characteristics and Functions of Language 168

7.1.1 Definitions 169

7.1.2 Characteristics 170

7.1.3 Functions 174

7.2 Language and Culture 177

7.2.1 Culture and the Meaning of Words 177

7.2.2 Relationship Between Language and Culture 183

7.3 Language,Culture and Translation in Intercultural Communication 185

7.3.1 Translation:a Transference from One Culture and Language to Another 187

7.3.2 Translation:Equivalence-seeking in Different Languages and Cultures 189

7.4 Language,Culture and Rhetoric in Intercultural Communication 193

7.4.1 Rhetoric:a Thinking Mode Mirroring and Conveying Culture 194

7.4.2 Rhetoric:an Effective Approach to Intercultural Communication 197

Chapter 8 Nonverbal Communication 201

8.1 Importance and Significance of Nonverbal Communication 202

8.2 Definition and Dimension of Nonverbal Communication 205

8.2.1 Definition of Nonverbal Communication 205

8.2.2 Dimension of Nonverbal Communication 206

8.3 Functions and Limitation of Nonverbal Communication 208

8.3.1 Functions of Nonverbal Communication 208

8.3.2 The Limitation of Nonverbal Communication 212

8.4 Nonverbal Messages and Culture in Intercultural Communication 212

8.4.1 Body Behavior 213

8.4.2 Space and Distance 216

8.4.3 Time 217

8.4.4 Silence 218

Chapter 9 Attitudes Essential to Intercultural Communication:A Sample Analysis 220

9.1 Some Attitudes Essential to Intercultural Communication 220

9.1.1 Improvement or Enhancement of Intercultural Communication Awareness 221

9.1.2 Appreciation of Likeness and Acceptance of Uniqueness 224

9.1.3 Promotion of Tolerance and Mutual Respect 226

9.2 An Analysis of the Effective Intercultural Communication Between Xiang and Yale in the Past 100 Years 228

9.2.1 The Xiangya Association and Their Intercultural Communication 229

9.2.2 Rethinking the Intercultural Communication Between Xiang and Ya 233

Chapter 10 The Movie Guasha—A Cultural Clash Between Chinese and American Values:Discussion and Comments 238

10.1 The Movie Guasha:Mirroring Sharp Cultural Conflicts in Intercultural Communication 239

10.1.1 The Story of Guasha 239

10.1.2 The Significance of Guasha for Intercultural Communication 241

10.2 Group Discussion on Guasha 244

10.2.1 Topics on Guasha 244

10.2.2 Samples from Students'Comments on Guasha 245

Bibliography 269