The Cultural Differences in Cross-cultural Communication

The article discusses communication, cross-cultural communication and culture. It analyzes the root of cross-cultural difference and lists six fundamental patterns of cultural differences in cross-cultural communication. It also gives suggestion on how to properly treat these differences to achieve successful cross-cultural communication.

The Cultural Differences in Cross-Gender Communication

Cross-gender communication is a form of intercultural communication.Gender differences are not only reflected on biological differences,but also a kind of cultural construction Gender difference lead to the differences on communication styles between men andwomen.Undoubtedly,these differences will cause difficulties in communication between men and women.Only having the awareness and being familiar with these differences can we realize the aim of communication and become successful communicators.

Awareness of Cultural Differences in English Learning

This paper attempts to analyze the cultural difference in three perspectives.It is hoped that through what has been discussed,Chinese learners of English are made aware of the importance of studying the culture of the target country and of studying the language in the cultural context.

The Study of Pragmatic Failure:From the Perspective of Cultural Differences between China and Britain

The intercultural pragmatics is a field that is concerned broadly in recent years. Cultural difference is an essential factor that caused the pragmatic failure. It is an inevitable fact that Chinese and British have different language habit because of different cultural backgrounds. As a result, pragmatic failure has an effect on the access to information and cause communication misunderstanding even influence communication going with a swing. This thesis tries to analyze the pragmatic failure in cross-cultural communication from the perspective of cultural differences, find the reason and put forward the measures that can solve this problem.

A Comparative Study of Cultural Difference Reflected Through Chinese and English Taboos

Nowadays cross-cultural communication is becoming increasingly popular, therefore, understanding different taboos in different cultures is particularly important. Through the comparison between Chinese and English taboos on privacy, names, sex and so on, this paper reveals the cultural differences between Chinese and Western culture.

Translation of Tourist Material from Cultural Differences

China's booming tourism industry has aroused great demand to communicate with people of different cultural backgrounds.Therefore,the translated version of tourism promotional texts has become an increasingly important medium for the outside world to know China's tourism resources.This paper analyzes the differences in culture and proposing strategies on translation,and the author hopes that this article can help to resolve the cultural conflicts,cultural prejudice and communicational obstacles so as to promote the communication among different cultures.

Research on Cultural Differences of China and the United States From the Perspective of Difference of Compliment Responses

In all the culture of the world, compliment is always one kind of communicative applications, which is quite frequently used, we see compliment both in China and the United States. By reason of the culture difference of different countries, Chinese and American often have diverse responses and attitudes toward the compliment, which directly cause their different responses when they make reactions to the compliment.[1]From study, we see the difference is mainly in the following, on one hand, the Chinese are often very implicative toward the compliment and they respect all other people while they are quite humble when in the communication, on the other hand, the American are much more public, although they also respect other people, they are not keeping humble at the same time.

Influences of Cultural Differences on the Understanding of Word Meaning and Semantic Information

Nowadays, with the development of economy, different countries communicate with each other more frequently. How to communicate with people in other countries effectively becomes people's main concern when they communicate with people of different culture. Overcoming the barriers of the language is not so easy because such factors as thinking patterns, beliefs, religions, history, customs and traditions usually difference in cross-cultural communication.

An Analysis of the Cultural Differences Between China and the West from the Perspective of Mode of Thinking

People with various cultural backgrounds and habits have different modes of thinking,making it difficult to communicate between different cultures. Based on culture,thinking and their relationship,this paper analyzes the differences between Chinese and the Western cultures to find the solutions to the problem of how to use the differences to establish international mind and global vision to achieve"cultural confidence".

Why Is It Important Awareness of Cross Culture Differences in Cultural Communi cation——Awareness of Cross Culture Differences Influences Cultural Communication

No matter you agree or not,the world is in a fast developing time.The communication between people contributes to this de velopment.However,during these communications,people find out the culture difference between countries and the realized the impor tance of develop awareness of cross culture differences.In my point of view,there are some reasons why it is important to develop aware ness of cross culture differences.

A Comparative Study between Chinese and Western Food Culture in Cross-cultural Communication

The differences of food culture play an important role in cross-cultural communication.Learn the cultural rooted causes of food culture between Chinese and Western countries,will promote mutual understanding between people and enjoy different feelings different foods brings,enhance cultural exchange,complement and integration.

Cultivation of College Students' Ability in Cross-cultural Non-verbal Communication

For a long time,students' non-verbal communicative competence is neglected by themselves as well as the teachers.Inthis paper a research is done to analyze the causes of students' non-verbal communicative failure.And some suggestions are givento cultivate students' ability in cross-cultural non-verbal Communication The students' enhanced communicative competencewill help them avoid non-verbal communicative failure and communicate effectively and appropriately in cross-cultural communi-cation.

A Study of ISA in Chinese Cultural Communication

The paper tentatively studies the function of the indirect speech act in Chinese cultural communication, namely, domestic communication. Two aspects are shown in this paper： communication between people of different social status, genders and casual relationships, and communication between people of same social status, genders and close relationships. Therefore, the study result can be concluded like this： whether the use of indirect speech act is successful or not always influences people＇s communication significantly.

English and Chinese Euphemisms and Cross Cultural Communication

As a linguistic phenomenon, euphemism exists in all kinds of languages, so it is widely used by various circles of society. It is not only a linguistic phenomenon, but also a kind of social phenomenon, which is a reflection of the social culture in the language. Euphemism has already penetrated into all aspects of daily life, and reflected different national psychologies and cultural differences. As the development of the society and human civilization and the accelerated process of economic globalization, the role euphemism plays in human communication especially in cross-cultural communication has been increasingly prominent. Here a comparative study on English and Chinese euphemisms is made to help to be familiar with similarities and differences of the use of euphemism in English and Chinese languages so as to reduce errors resulting in cross- culture communication, and improve cross-cultural communicative competence.

A Study of Pragmatic Failure in Cross-cultural Communication

Nowadays cross-cultural communication plays a more and more important role.It is obvious that English teachers' respon? sibility is to cultivate the students' communicative ability in English teaching. But in communicationmany students have various kinds of problems of pragmatic failure. This article will focus on the study of pragmatic failure in term of verbal communication fail? ure, which mainly includes two kinds of pragmatic failures;one is pragmalinguistic failure and the other is sociopragmatic failure.

Negative Cultural Transfer in Cross-Cultural Communication for International Business

With the depth development of economic globalization, the multi-culture conflict, communication and integration are strengthened. Meanwhile, series of problems about cross-cultural communication for international business have happened. One of the core problem is negative cultural transfer. This paper gives the analysis about its causes and effects. At last, the way to solve it have been found.

Cultural Differences and English Language Teaching

With the development of the cross-cultural communication,more and more people have recognized the interaction between language and culture.Each culture has its own characteristic and is different from one another.Because of cultural differences,difficulties often arise in communication between different people.In China,English is taught as a foreign language.Both teachers and students should be aware of the differences between eastern and western culture in their teaching and study.

On Pragmatic Differences between English and Chinese in Social Communication Culture

Because of differences in habits and customs, logical thinking, as well as cultural values between Chinese and English,there are pragmatics differences in social greetings, thanks, banquets, invitations, and apologies language communication occasions. Thus, it is important to explore the language habits with different culture backgrounds of language communications and language features and study the pragmatic failure led by people using a foreign language because of the differences of social and cultural factors.

Difference Comparison and Cause Analysis of Chinese Culture and French Culture from the Perspective of Cultural Dimension

Cultures of different nations vary,so do cultures at different regions,and they have both differences and similarities. In the multi-cultural era,cultural differences,or even cultural gaps are everywhere,so it is important for us to deal with the relation between different cultures properly. As far as C hinese culture and French culture is concerned,there are also similarities and differences,the latter of which reflects the differences existing in the two different ideological systems having formed through thousands of years.In order to bridge cultural gaps,scholars both at home and abroad research different cultures and get different cross-cultural theories,one of which is the cultural dimension theory put forward by the Dutch scholar Hofstede. Based on such a theory,this paper attempts to make clear the root cause of the differences between C hinese culture and French culture so that people of the two cultures can have a better understanding of each other and can communicate fluently with each other and cultural conflicts will thus reduce and there will be more political,economic and cultural communication between the two cultures.

Positivism and Variation： Literary Communication and Propagation at Heterogeneous Cultural Context

The study of the international literary relations in comparative literature includes not only the positivistic relations of different nations and different literary systems, but also the relations of variation among different literatures when it comes to the cross-civilization heterogeneity. Therefore, the positivistic approach and that of variation in the study of international literary relations constitute the two indispensable pillars in this field.