跨文化交际中的文化冲突_英语论文

Cultural Conflicts in Intercultural Communication Situations

摘要

随着全球化的发展，越来越多的人有机会与来自不同文化背景的人交流。跨文化交际越来越常见。与此同时，越来越多的文化冲突也频频出现在人们面前。本文通过研究中美两国跨文化交际冲突，让人们更好的理解文化差异，增强对文化异同的敏感性，从而提高跨文化交际效率，促进跨文化交际的发展。

关键词：文化冲突；文化；中美；跨文化交际

Abstract

As the development of globalization, an increasing number of people have opportunities to communicate with others from various cultural background. Intercultural communication is becoming more and more common. At the same time, cultural conflicts also appear in front of people frequently because of cultural differences. Studying cultural conflicts between China and the United States will make people better understand the cultural differences, enhance people's sensitivity to cultural differences and similarities, so as to improve the efficiency of intercultural communication, and promote the development of intercultural communication. 

Key words：cultural conflicts; culture；the America and China; intercultural communication

Contents

Introduction.1

1. Cultural conflicts in intercultural communication..1

1.1 Conflicts in the communicative expression2

1.1.1 The dissimilar concept of face..2

1.1.2 The different reactions of compliment.3

1.2 Conflicts in the American and Chinese workplace ..3

1.2.1 Showing modesty in different ways .3

1.2.2 The conflicts on the sense of time..4

1.3 Conflicts in the American and Chinese lifestyle.4

1.3.1 Showing hospitality in different ways..4

1.3.2 The different languages’ usage.5

2. The reasons of cultural conflicts.6

   2.1 The different thinking styles..6

   2.2 The different characters of people .7

   2.3 The different values of people..8

3. Suggestions9

   3.1 Improving cultural awareness .9

3.2 Understanding cultural differences.9

3.3 Learning different languages..10

3.4 Showing respect for different cultures..10

3.5 Strengthening the communication skills..10

Conclusion..11

References..12