1、精品文档跨文化交际学题型名词解释整理： Intercultural communication :intercultural communication is a face-to-face communication between people from different cultural back-grounds .Intracultural communication :intracultural communication can be defined as the extent to which there is shared interpersonal communication
2、 between members of the same culturewhether this is in the majority .or within minority cultures .Individualism : broadly speaking ,individualism refers to the doctrine theater the interests of the individual are of ought to be paramount ,and that all values ,rights and duties originate in individua
3、l s ,it emphasizes individual initiative ,independence ,individual expression ,and even privacy .Collectivism : it is characterized by a rigid social framework that distinguish between in-groups and out-groups .people expect their in-group to look after them ,and in exchange for that they fell they
4、owe absolute loyalty to the group .collectivism means greater emphasis on (1)the views ,needs ,and goals of the in-groups rather than oneself ; (2)social norms and duty defined by the in-group rather than behavior to get pleasure ; (3)beliefs shared with the in-group; rather than beliefs that distin
5、guishself from ingroup ; and (4)great readiness to cooperatewith ingroup membership .Power distance :it s the extent to whicha societyaccepts that power inrelationships ,institutions, and organizations is distributed unequally .Context : it s the information that surrounds an event ,it is in extrica
6、bly bound up with the meaning of the event .High-context communication :it is a kind of communication in which most of the information is already in the person ; while very little is in the coded ,explicitly transmitted part of the message ,e.g.,Chinese ,Japanese Low-context communication :it s just
7、 the opposite of high-context communication . it s the mass of information is rested in the explicit code ,e.g. American German High-context culture :its a kind of culture in which people are very homogeneous with regard to experiences ,information networks ,and the like ,e.g. Chinese ,Japanese Low-
8、context culture :its a kind of culture in which the population is less homogeneous and therefore tends to compartmentalize interpersonal contacts ,e.g.American ,GermanActivity orientation :it is the way a culture views activity ,which is classified by kluckhohns and strodtbeck as being ,being-in-bec
9、oming ,and doing.Nonverbal communication: nonverbal communication involves all those nonverbal stimuli in a communication setting that are generated by both the source and his or her use of the environment and that have potential message value for the source or receiver.Paralanguage :certain vocal c
10、ues provided us with information with which to make judgmentsabout characters personalities, emotional States ,and rhetoricalactivity .Paralanguage involves the linguistic elements of speech ,that is ,how somethingis said and not the actualmeaning of the spoken words .mostclassifications divide para
11、language into three kinds of vocalizations ;vocal characterize ;vocal qualifiers ; and vocal segregatesM-time (monochromic time schedule ): M-time cultures tend to think of time as something fixed in nature .something around us and from which we can not escape ; and ever-present part of the environm
12、ent ,just like the air we breatheP-time (polychromic time schedule ):P-time cultures deal with time holisticallyand place great stock in the activity occurring at the moment .Polychronic time cultures emphasize people more than schedules .For P-time cultures ,time is less tangible and hence feeing o
13、f wasted time are not as prevalent as M-time cultures .15. Denotation : the literal meaning or definition of a word - the explicit, particular, defined meaning.16. Connotation : the suggestive meaning of a word - all the values, judgment, and beliefs implied by a word the historical and associative
14、accretion of the unspoken significance behind the literal meaning.19. Chronemics (时间学)：The study of how people perceive and use time.20. Proxemics (空间学)： refers to the perception and use of space.21. kinesics(肢体语言)：The study of body language .22. Paralanguage (副语言):Involving sounds but not word and
15、lying between verbal and nonverbal communication .23. Monochronic time 元时间观念：means paying attention to and doing only one thing at a time.24. Polychronic time多元时间观念 ： means being involved with many things at once1. What are the four trends that lead to the development of the global village?P89Four t
16、rends that lead to the development of the global village:Convenienttransportation systems/ Innovative communication systems/ Economic globalization/Widespread migrations2. What are the three aspects where cultural differences exist?Verbal difference : language, thought patterns Non-verbal communicat
17、ion : body-language, time concept, spacious language, paralanguage, environment Perception : values, worldviews, beliefs, attitudes)P563. What are three ingredients of culture? 文化的三个成分( three Ingredients An shared artifact (the material and spiritual products people produce)shared Behavior (what the
18、y do ) shared Concepts (beliefs, values, world views what they think )4. How to understand cultural Iceberg?P67Like an iceberg what we can see about culture is just the tip of the iceberg; the majority of it is intangible, beyond sight. and the part of culture that is visible is only a small part of
19、 a much bigger whole. It is said nine-tenth of culture isbelow the surface.(Just as an iceberg which has a visible section above the waterline and a largerinvisible section below the waterline, culture has some aspects that are observable and others that can only be suspected and imagined . Also lik
20、e an iceberg, the partIt is saidof culture that is visible is only a small part of a much bigger whole. (P7)nine-tenth of culture is below the surface5. What are the tour characteristics of culture? Dynamic/ shared/ learned/ ethnocentricCulture is shared. All communications take place by means of sy
21、mbols.Culture is learned. Culture is learned, not inherited. It derives from one s social environment, not from ones genes. Enculturation( 文化习得 ) : All the activities oflearning ones culture are called enculturation .Culture is dynamic . (P6)Culture is subject to change. It s dynamic rather than sta
22、tic, constantly changing and evolving under the impact of events and through contact with other cultures. Acculturation( 文化适应 ): the process which adopts the changes brought about by another culture and develops an increased similarity between the two cultures.Culture is ethnographic( 文化中心主义) . Ethn
23、ographic is the belief that your owncultural background is superior.Ethnocentrism: the belief that your own culturebackground is superior.6. What are the six characteristics of communication?Dynamic/ irreversible/ symbolic/ systematic/ transactional/ contextualCommunication is dynamic.Communication
24、is ongoing, ever-changing activity. A word or action does not stay frozen when you communicate; it is immediately replaced with yet another word or action.Communication is irreversible.Once we have said something and someone else has received and decoded the message, the original sender cannot take
25、it back.Communication is symbolic.Symbols are central to the communication process because they represent the shared meanings that are communicated. Symbols are vehicle by which the thoughts and ideas of one person can be communicated to another person.Communication is systematicCommunication does n
26、ot occur in isolation or in a vacuum, but rather is part ofa large system. It takes place ina physical and a social context ; both establishthe rules that govern the interaction.Communication is transactional. (P8)A transactional view holds that communicators aresimultaneously sending andreceiving m
27、essages at every instant that they are involved in conversation.Communication is contextual. (P8)All communication takes place within a setting or situation called a context. By context, we mean the place where people meet, the social purpose for being together, and the nature of the relationship. T
28、hus the context includes the physical, social, and interpersonal settings.7. How is Chinese addressing different from American addressing?(三方面 )P2224In Chinese the surname comes first and is followed by the given name/ but in English this order is reversed.Addressing by names: In China seniority is
29、paid respect to. Juniors are supposed 3欢迎下载 。精品文档to address seniors in a proper way. The use of given names is limited to husband and wife, very close friends, juniors by elders or superiors/ Nowadays, more and more English-speaking people address others by using the first name, even whenpeople meet
30、 for the first time. (intimacy and equality)Addressing by relationship:Chinese often extend kinship terms to people notrelated by blood or marriage. These terms are used after the surname to show politeness and respect/ The English equivalents of the above kinship terms are not so used. Even with re
31、latives, Americans tend to use just the first name and leave out the term of relationship.Addressing by title, office, profession: Another common Chinese form of addressis the use of a person s title, office, profession to indicate the person s influential status. In English, only a few occupations
32、or titles could be used. (P24) Americans tend to regard titles as trivial unless they have a clear idea of what kind of work a person does and what his responsibilities are.8. How is the Chinese writing style different the American writing style?The Chinese employ a circular approach in writing. In
33、this kind of indirect writing, the development of the paragraph may be said to be turning and turning in a widening gyre . The circles or gyres turn around the subject and show it from a variety of tangential views, but the subject is never looked at directly. A paragraph is set off by an indentatio
34、n of its first sentences or by some other conventional devise, such as extra space between paragraphs.In contrast, the Americans are direct and linear in writing. An English expository paragraph usually begins with a topic statement, and then, by a series of subdivisions of that topic statement, eac
35、h supported by example and illustrations, proceeds, to develop that central idea and relate that idea to all other ideas in the whole essay, and to employ that idea in proper relationship with the other ideas, to prove something, or perhaps to argue something.9. What are the different feature of m-t
36、ime and p-time? P97M-time is noted for its emphasis on schedules, segmentation, punctuality and promptness. It features one event at a time and time is perceived as a linear structure.P-time is less rigid and clock-bound. It features several activities at the same time and time is perceived as more
37、flexible and more human-centered.10. What different worldview can be drive from Buddhism and Christianity?Buddhists do not believe in a god or gods who created the world. However, they do believe that there is a supreme and wonderful truth that words cannot teach, and ritual cannot attain.Buddhists
38、are not favorably disposed to the notion of free enterprise and the pursuit of material well-being. Seen from a western worldview, having no desires adversely affects motives for personal enrichment and growth generally. Thus, little support is accorded to free enterprise.Christianity recognizes the
39、 importance of work and free ownership of property.Protestant, in particular, sees the salvation of the individual through hard work and piety.11. What is the American cultural value like in terms of value orientation?As far as the human nature is concerned, the American culture holds that it is evi
40、l but perfectible through hard work.As to the relation of man to nature, they think mankind can conquer the nature.They also have a linear time concept and therefore they are future-oriented.They focus on doing and think that only actions can solve the problem.They are quite individualistic and ther
41、efore they focus less on the benefits of the group.12. What is the Chinese cultural value like in terms of value orientation?PWhat is the character of innate human nature?What is the relation of man to nature?What is the temporal focus of human life?What is the mode of human activity?What is the mod
42、e of human relationships?11. It is evil but perfectible/ Mancan conquer the nature / present / being-oriented a non-developmental model of society/ Competitive12. Good but corruptible/ harmony with nature / Past/ being-and-becoming is a kind of spiritual good of inner harmony and peace/ cooperation1
43、3. How is gender different from sex? P119120Sex: biological, permanent, with a individual propertyGender: socially constructed, varied over time and across cultures, with a social and relational quality14. What are the two primary influences processes of Gender Socialization? P121Family communicatio
44、nRecreational interaction15. Identify the features of each of four Hofsteds cultural dimensions and thecontrast between high-context and low-context culture. （语境案例分析） P192193 Individualism VS collectivism /Masculinity VS femininity /Power distance/Uncertainty avoidance High-context VS. low-contextHi
45、gh-context cultures assign meaning to many of the stimuli surrounding an explicit message. In high-context cultures, verbal messages have little meaning without the surrounding context, which includes the overall relationship between all the people engaged in communication.Low-context cultures exclude many of those stimuli and focus more intensely on the objective communication event, whether it be a word, a sentence, or a physical gesture. In low-context cultures, the message itself means everything.5欢迎下载 。
