X X X X 毕业论文题目：论影响跨文化交际的主要因素作 者XXX届 别2009届系 别外国语言文学专 业英 语指导教师XXX职 称讲 师完成时间二OO九年六月The Major Factors of Influencing Cross-cultural CommunicationLi ShuxianA thesis submittedtothe Foreign Language Departmentin partial fulfillment of the requirementsfor the degree ofBachelor of Artsin English language and literatureSupervised byMrs. Huang HuiyaHunan Institute of Science and TechnologyYueyang, HunanJune, 2009AbstractThe economic globalization has become an irreversible historical trend. This thesis starts with an analysis of the definition and importance of cross-cultural communication. Then it discusses the major factors of influencing cross-cultural communication. By respectively expounding the relationship between language and culture, the relationship between non-verbal communication and culture, pragmatic failures in verbal communication and common approaches of non-verbal communication, it puts forward some suggestions on developing peoples cultural awareness and respecting culture differences and cooperating together. It is hoped that through this detailed analysis, people can improve their ability in cross-cultural communication, and overcome communication barriers.Key Words: cross-cultural communication; cultural differences; verbal factors; non-verbal factors 摘 要世界经济全球化的发展趋势已经成为不可抗拒的历史潮流。本论文从研究跨文化交际的定义和重要性出发，而后分析了影响跨文化交际的主要因素。在论文中分别阐明了语言及非语言交际与文化的关系，语言交际中的语用失误，非语言交际的常用方式，并提出培养人们的文化意识及尊重彼此的文化差异，共同合作的建议，以期提高跨文化交际能力，克服交际障碍。关键词: 跨文化交际、文化差异、语言因素、非语言因素ContentsINTRODUCTION11 DEFINITION AND IMPORTANCE OF CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION11.1 Definition of cross-cultural communication21.2 Importance of cross-cultural communication32 VERBAL FACTORS IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION52.1 Definition of verbal communication52.2 Relationship between language and culture62.3 Pragmatic failures in verbal communication73 NON-VERBAL FACTORS IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION93.1 Definition of non-verbal communication93.2 Relationship between non-verbal communication and culture93.3 Common approaches of non-verbal communication104 SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION124.1 Developing peoples cultural awareness124.2 Respecting culture differences and cooperating together13CONCLUSION15WORKS CITED16ACKNOWLEDGMENTS17IntroductionToday, as the economic globalization continues, cross-cultural communication has become a common social behavior. However, culture differences cause many unexpected difficulties. People realize that their different cultural backgrounds influence cross-cultural communication by subtle and profound means. These differences usually become rather conspicuous in verbal and non-verbal communication and are likely to cause clashes in the process of cross-cultural communication. Cui Changliang from Heilongjiang University pointed out in his article of The Verbal and Non-verbal Language in Intercultural Business Communication that in order to carry out cross-cultural communication effectively, we should take proper communicate ways, overcome the disadvantage factors and make rational use of verbal and non-verbal factors (Cui 127). Larry A. Samovar suggested that people came to realize that culture has a profound effect on communicate. Our awareness of culture and experience decides our knowledge of the world as well as how we communicate in this world (Samovar 3).Only by acknowledging the major factors of influencing cross-cultural communication can people find apt and specific ways to solve problems. People need to try to improve language competence and 展开新汉英大辞典cultural literacy, so that they can enhance cultural exchange and fulfil the purpose of cross-cultural communication.1 Definition and importance of cross-cultural communication With the global economic integration flood tide, the internationalization of China strengthens day by day. China and other countries are becoming closer and closer in politics, economy and cultures. It is undoubted that cross-cultural communication will play an important role in this process. So it is necessary for us to study the importance of cross-cultural communication.1.1 Definition of cross-cultural communicationCulture is the foundation of communication. There are more than one hundred definitions of the English word culture offered by researchers from perspectives. The following definitions are just some of the well-known ones. “Culture may be defined as what a society does and thinks.” “What really binds men together is their cultureideas and the standards they have in common” (qtd. in Xu 40). The reason why so many definitions have been suggested is that culture is complex, multi-dimensional, and all-pervasive. There are also several levels of culture. On the material level culture has an economy that provides a