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INTERCULTURALCOMMUNICATIONCHAPTER5VERBALCOMMUNICATION第1頁(yè)Languagehelpsincommunicatingwithpeoplefromdifferentbackground.Howeverwemaybelessawarethatculturalliteracyisnecessaryinordertounderstandthelanguagebeingused.Ifweselectlanguagewithoutbeingawareoftheculturalimplications,wemayatleastcommunicatewellandatworstsentthewronglanguage.(Beamer,L.andVarner,IInterculturalcommunicationintheGlobalWorkplace.NewYork,NY:Teachingobjectives:InthispartyouareexpectedtounderstandsomecommonlyobserveddifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishverbalcommunicationandlearntomakecross-culturalcomparisonsandanalysisinthefollowingaspects.1.culturaldifferencesintheattitudetowardsvoicedandunvoicedcommunication.2.culturaldifferencesonthelexicallevel;3.culturaldifferencesonthesyntacticallevel;4.culturaldifferencesondiscourselevel;5.culturaldifferencesonthepragmaticlevel6.translationproblemsandlanguageunderstanding第2頁(yè)引言:各民族語(yǔ)言是自足.處于不一樣語(yǔ)言世界里人,即使面對(duì)同一個(gè)現(xiàn)實(shí)面向,也會(huì)在描述它時(shí)沿著各自思緒,采取不一樣策略,刻畫出不一樣版本.正如維特根斯坦所言:我語(yǔ)言就是我疆界,跨出我生于其中語(yǔ)言,冒險(xiǎn)與隔膜就開始了.語(yǔ)言與文化緊密相連,不可分割;語(yǔ)言是文化一部分.Cultureandlanguageareintertwinedandareshapingeachother.Eachtimeweselectwords,formsentences,andsendamassage,eitheroralorwritten,wealsomakeculturalchoices.Language:asystemofarbitrarilychosen,conventionalized,vocal,graphicorgesturesymbolsservingtheneedsofcommunicationamongthemembersofagivencommunity.第3頁(yè)ThepowerofverbalcommunicationⅠ.culturaldifferencesonlexicallevel(cases)1.typesoflexicalmeaningWordsarethebasicunitsofmeaning.Understandingthemeaningofwordsis,thereforecriticaltothesharingofmeaningsconveyedinverbalcommunication.Twotypesoflexicalmeaning:Denotation:theconceptualmeaningofthewordthatdescribesthings,eventsorprocesses.Itistheprimary,explicitmeaninggiveninthedefinitionofawordinadictionary.第4頁(yè)2)connotation:referstotheemotionalorstylisticassociationsthatawordorphrasesuggestsinone’smind.Itistheimplicit,supplementaryvaluewhichisaddedtothepurelydenotativemeaningofawordorphrase.?Meaningsofwordsarepersonal.?Meaningsofwordsarealsoculturespecific.Culturaldifferencesindenotativemeaning:1).Absenceofreferentinthespeakerorlistener’slanguage.Each

culturecreatesvocabularytodescribeitsuniquephysicalandsocialenvironmentaswellastheactivitiesitspeopleengagedinthosecontexts.Sotheabsenceofcertainobjectsinoneculturewillnaturallyresultsintheabsenceofthenecessaryvocabularytorefertothem.)

第5頁(yè)2)overlappingofdenotativemeaningInadditiontototalequivalenceofwordsandabsenceequivalenceindenotingofcertainreferents,culturesalsooverlapinthedenotationofcertainvocabulary.3.Culturaldifferencesinconnotativemeaning1)wordswithsamedenotationbutdifferentconnotation.

a.colorwordsb.animalwordsc.numbers第6頁(yè)Ⅱ.Culturaldifferencesonsyntacticlevel

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1.Keepingabasicbalanceofinternationalpaymentsisanimportantconditionforachievingsustainandsmootheconomicdevelopment…Lastyear,China’simportincreasedconsiderablyanditsgrowthofexportwasrelativelyslow,thusresultsinafairlyhugetradedeficit.2.Animportantconditionforachievingsteadyeconomicdevelopmentistomaintainabasicbalanceofinternationalpayments...Lastyearimportsincreasedconsiderablywhileexportsgrewrelativelyslowly,withtheresultsthattherewasahugetradedeficit.第7頁(yè)1.paratacticstructurevs.hypotacticstructureParataxis:thearrangingofclausesoneafteranotherwithoutconnectivesshowingtherelationbetweenthem.Hypotaxis:dependedrelationorconstruction.Examples:1明早還趕路呢，去睡吧！Gotobednowasyou’llsetoutearlytommorrow.2.快點(diǎn)！遲到了會(huì)埃訓(xùn)。Hurryup!You’llbecriticizedifyouarelate.第8頁(yè)枯藤，老樹，昏鴉，小橋，流水，人家，古道，西風(fēng)，瘦馬，夕陽(yáng)西下，斷腸人在天涯。Crowshoveringoverruggedoldtreeswreathedwithrottenvine---thedayisaboutdone.Yonderisatinybridgeoverasparklingstream,Andonthefarbank,aprettylittlevillage.Butthetravelerhastogodownthisancientroad,thewestwindmoaning,hisbonyhorsegroaning,trudgingtowardsthesinkingsun,fartherandfartherawayfromhome.第9頁(yè)2.Leftexpansionvs.rightexpansionExample：中：第二次世界大戰(zhàn)后，因?yàn)榭茖W(xué)和技術(shù)發(fā)展進(jìn)入新時(shí)期，我們生后發(fā)生了很大改變。英：OurlifehasbeengreatlychangedthankstothenewageofscienceandtechnologysincetheSecondWorldWar.第10頁(yè)3.Bamboostructurevs.treestructures

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theboyaparcel第11頁(yè)ⅢCulturaldifferencesondiscourselevel1.Discourse:apieceofspeechorwriting.Itmaybeasshortasanchangeofgreetings,oraslongasalectureoranessay.胡壯麟先生：“語(yǔ)篇指任何不完全受句子與法約束，在一定語(yǔ)境下表示完整意義自然語(yǔ)言”----《語(yǔ)篇銜接與連貫》

第12頁(yè)P(yáng)eopleindifferentculturesshowconsiderabledifferencesintheirpreferenceoverthewaysaspokenorwrittendiscourseisorganizedordelivered.Inthissection,wewillapproachthediscoursedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesefromtheperspectiveofform,styleandorganizationwithafocusonthewrittendiscourseinthetwolanguages.第13頁(yè)2.Coherence&Cohesion

Coherence:unbrokenmovement.(Awriterorspeakerislikeapianistwhohopestoplayacompositionfrombeginningtotheendwithoutstopping.He/shetriestomovesmoothlyinpresentinghisorhermainideaCohesion:themeanstoachievecoherence.第14頁(yè)Coherence&Cohesionarethenaturalorreasonableconnectioninthoughtsandwordsthatresultsfromthepresentationofallpartsinlogicalrelationswhereascohesionisthemeanstoachievecoherence.所謂信息自然合理鏈接，其自然性與合理性源于對(duì)信息有邏輯性編排與組合。我們通常把銜接與連貫相提并論是因?yàn)槎弑旧黻P(guān)系密不可分，銜接是達(dá)成連貫伎倆。Grimes（格萊姆斯）在《語(yǔ)篇經(jīng)緯》中指出：銜接是使正在說內(nèi)容與已經(jīng)說過內(nèi)容含有聯(lián)絡(luò)。他認(rèn)為：“銜接關(guān)系是累進(jìn)，直線，包含怎樣保持已知信息和引入信息方法”。第15頁(yè)3.Differentemphasisonform

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Englishspeakerorwriterusesthetechniquesoftransition,repetition,parallelstructuresetc.toholdthesentencesandparagraphstogetherandatthesametimecreateastrongunityofideas.eg.(….)Comparativelyspeaking,Chinesewritingputmoreemphasisontheconnectionofmeaningbetweensentencesandparagraphs;theformalconnectioncouldbeoverlookedifmeaningiswellexpressed.(liesinmeaningbetweenlines.)第16頁(yè)e.g.西湖如明鏡，千峰凝翠，洞壑幽深，風(fēng)光綺麗。TheWestLakeislikeamirror,embellishedallaroundwithgreenhillsanddeepcavesofenchantingbeauty.人言鼎沸Manypeopletalkedtogetherandthenoiseislikethebubblingofwaterboilinginacauldron.第17頁(yè)3.2“readerresponsible”vs.“writerresponsibleChinese:dependsalotonthecontext.Itisassumedthatthereaderandthewriterhavesharedknowledgeofthecontextandthebackgroundinformation,sothereadercantaketheresponsibilityoffindingconnectionsbetweenwordsandparagraphs.English:communicationbetweenthereaderandthewriterdependsmostlyonthelanguageusedandlinguisticforms.第18頁(yè)Discussion:Ofstudies荀子《勸學(xué)》第19頁(yè)4.DifferentstylepreferenceChinese:prefertousedescriptivewordsandphrases,especiallyfour-characteridioms,quotationsfromwell-knownpeople,variouskindsoffiguresofspeech,toaddstrengthandbeautytotheirwriting.English:simplelanguageandplainstyle.e.g.第20頁(yè)5.DifferentwaysoforganizationChinese:(holisticandcyclicalpatternofthinking)approachtheirthemesfromgeneralcoveragetospecificdiscussions.Themostimportantmessageorexpositionisnottoucheduponuntilallrelevantbackgroundinformationisprovided.English:(linearandrationalwayofthinking)donotdeveloptheirwritinginaround-aboutway;gettothepointatthebeginning,startingwiththeintroductionofatopicorthesis,whichisdevelopedcloselyrelatedsupportingdetails.Withthedetailsbeinglogicallychainedtogether,thetopicorthethesisisprovedtobetrue.第21頁(yè)6.Differentwaysofdevelopment

Chinese:developcyclically,movinginacircle,tendingtocomebackormovingaroundthefirstlevelinsteadofmovingforwardtomorespecificdetails.Itisusuallyregardedbynativespeakerasunderdevelopmentorillogicalandconfusing.English:tendtoacceptthedirectbutparticularisticapproachandtheiremphasisisonspecificationratherthangenerality.第22頁(yè)Chinese:moresubjectiveinpresentingviews;notskillfulinpresentingtheirpointswithstatisticsorevidence;English:arerequiredtopresentviewsobjectivelyandsupportviewswithinformationoffacts,evidence,dataetc.第23頁(yè)Chinese:liketoresorttothereviewbyhistoryinsteadofdirectlydevelopingthetopic;English:donotusuallytalkabouthistoryandgivecomparisonofthepast.第24頁(yè)Chinese:preferparallelstructuresinawayofwordform,phraseandsentenceform.English:dotnotnormallyuseitasthekeystructureinthewholeparagraphinarepetitivewaystodevelopthesentence.第25頁(yè)Electricityhasbeenplayinganimportantroleinmanyaspectseversinceitsdiscovery.Beforethediscoverypeoplehadbeenlivinginthedarkness,withoutmodernelectriclight,radio,washingmachines,videosandcomputer.Now,weareenjoyingeverythingtheworldcouldoffer.Itiselectricitythatdrivesawaythedarkness,modernizesourindustry,acceleratesthefarmerproductiveprocessanddramatizesourpresentlives.第26頁(yè)Electricityhasplayedanimportantroleinmanyaspectseversinceitsdiscovery.Ithasmodernizedourcountryanddevelopedoureconomy,makingourindustrystrongerandproducingmoreprofit.Besid