跨文化交际学考试名词解释

1、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 betw

2、een members of the same culture whether 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 individual s

3、,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 owe a

4、bsolute 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 distinguish

5、 self from ingroup ; and (4)great readiness to cooperate with ingroup membership .Power distance :it 's the extent to which a society accepts that power in relationships ,institutions, and organizations is distributed unequally .Context :it 's the information that surrounds an event ,it is i

6、n extricably 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 ,JapaneseLow-context communication :i

7、t 's just the opposite of high-context communication . it 's the mass of information is rested in the explicit code ,e.g. American GermanHigh-context culture :it's a kind of culture in which people are very homogeneous with regard to experiences ,information networks ,and the like ,e.g.

8、Chinese ,JapaneseLow-context culture :it's a kind of culture in which the population is less homogeneous and therefore tends to compartmentalize interpersonal contacts ,e.g. American ,German Activity orientation :it is the way a culture views activity ,which is classified by kluckhohns and strod

9、tbeck as being ,being-in-becoming ,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.P

10、aralanguage :certain vocal cues provided us with information with which to make judgments about characters'personalities', emotional States ,and rhetorical activity .Paralanguage involves the linguistic elements of speech ,that is ,how something is said and not the actual meaning of the spok

11、en words .most classifications divide paralanguage into three kinds of vocalizations ;vocal characterizers ;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 es

12、cape ; and ever-present part of the environment ,just like the air we breatheP-time (polychromic time schedule ) :P-time cultures deal with time holistically and place greatstock in the activity occurring at the moment .Polychronic time cultures emphasize people more than schedules .For P-time cultu

13、res ,time is less tangible and hence feeing of 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 impli

14、ed by a word the historical and associative 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. Paralang

15、uage( 副语言 ) ： Involving sounds but not word and lying between verbal and nonverbal communication .23. Monochronic time 一元时间观念 : 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 lea

16、d to the development of the global village ？ P89 Four trends that lead to the development of the global village: Convenient transportation systems/ Innovative communication systems/ Economic globalization/Widespread migrations2. What are the three aspects where cultural differences exist?Verbal diff

17、erence : language, thought patternsNon-verbal communication : body-language, time concept, spacious language, paralanguage, environment Perception: values, worldviews, beliefs, attitudes3. What are three ingredients of culture? 文化的三个成分( three Ingredients) P56An shared artifact ( the material and spi

18、ritual products people produce ) shared Behavior( what they 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 th

19、e part of culture that is visible is only a small part of a much bigger whole. It is said nine-tenth of culture is below the surface.(Just as an iceberg which has a visible section above the waterline and a larger invisible section below the waterline, culture has some aspects that are observable an

20、d others that can only be suspected and imagined. Also like an iceberg, the part of culture that is visible is only a small part of a much bigger whole. It is said nine-tenth of culture is below the surface. (P7)5. What are the tour characteristics of culture? Dynamic/ shared/ learned/ ethnocentric

21、Culture is shared. All communications take place by means of symbols.Culture is learned. Culture is learned, not inherited. It derives from one 's social environment, not from one's genes. Enculturation( 文化习得 ): All the activities of learning one 's culture are called enculturation .Cult

22、ure is dynamic . (P6)Culture is subject to change. It 's dynamic rather than static, 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 i

23、ncreased similarity between the two cultures.Culture is ethnographic( 文化中心主义 ). Ethnographic is the belief that your own cultural background is superior. Ethnocentrism: the belief that your own culture background is superior.6. What are the six characteristics of communication?Dynamic/ irreversible/

24、 symbolic/ systematic/ transactional/ contextualCommunication is dynamic.Communication 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

25、 and someone else has received and decoded the message, the original sender cannot take 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 pers

26、on can be communicated to another person.Communication is systematicCommunication does not occur in isolation or in a vacuum, but rather is part of a large system.It takes place in a physical and a social context; both establish the rules that govern the interaction.Communication is transactional. (

27、P8)A transactional view holds that communicators are simultaneously sending and receiving messages 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 wher

28、e people meet, the social purpose for being together, and the nature of the relationship. Thus 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 g

29、iven name/ but in English this order is reversed.Addressing by names: In China seniority is paid respect to. Juniors are supposed 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 Eng

30、lish-speaking people address others by using the first name, even when people meet for the first time. (intimacy and equality)Addressing by relationship: Chinese often extend kinship terms to people not related by blood or marriage. These terms are used after the surname to show politeness and respe

31、ct/ The English equivalents of the above kinship terms are not so used. Even with relatives, Americans tend to use just the first name and leave out the term of relationship.Addressing by title, office, profession: A nother common Chinese form of address is the use of a person's title, office, p

32、rofession to indicate the person 's influential status. In English, only a few occupations 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 st

33、yle different the American writing style?The Chinese employ a circular approach in writing. In this kind of indirect writing, the development of the paragraph may be said to be turninga nd turning in a widening gyre 'T.h e circles or gyres turn around the subject and show it from a variety of ta

34、ngential views, but the subject is never looked at directly. A paragraph is set off by an indentation 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 usual

35、ly begins with a topic statement, and then, by a series of subdivisions of that topic statement, each 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 oth

36、er ideas, to prove something, or perhaps to argue something.9. What are the different feature of m-time 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 r

37、igid and clock-bound. It features several activities at the same time and time is perceived as more 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

38、 there is a supreme and wonderful truth that words cannot teach, and ritual cannot attain.Buddhists 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 a

39、nd growth generally. Thus, little support is accorded to free enterprise. Christianity recognizes the 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 o

40、f value orientation?As far as the human nature is concerned, the American culture holds that it is evil 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 fo

41、cus on doing and think that only actions can solve the problem.They are quite individualistic and therefore 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 mode of human relationships?11. It is evil