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跨文化交际与中西文化冲突
Intercultural
Communication
and
the
Conflicts
between
Chinese Culture and
Western Culture
Abstract
There
are
many
matters
of
cultural
conflicts
in
intercultural
communication of Chinese culture and western
culture,
and
it
seriously
affects
the
course
of
communication.
So,
it
is
necessary
for
us
to
find
the
in-depth
reason
and
make
some
plans
on
how
to
improve
the
ability
of
intercultural
communication.
This is the right way to avoid the cultural
conflicts.
There
are
several
culture conflicts: the
conflicts
on privacy, the
conflicts on the sense of time, the conflicts
on traditional cultures, the conflicts
on table custom. The
reasons
are:
the
difference
in
the
mode
of
thinking,
the
difference
in
behavior,
the
difference
in
the
concept
of
value,
the difference in language
transference.
Key Words
Intercultural communication, culture
difference, culture
conflict
摘
要
在中西跨文化交际中，
文化冲突的事件屡见不鲜，
严重影响了交
往的顺利
进行，
因此我们很有必要找出其深层次的原因，
并采取一定
的措施来培养跨文化交际能力，
避免文化冲突。
文化冲突的表现有隐
私方面的冲突、时间观方面的冲突、客套语方面的冲突、餐饮习
俗方
面的冲突。
出现这种现象的原因有思维模式存在差异、
行为规范各不
相同、价值取向不同、语用迁移造成影响。
关键词
跨文化交际，文化差异，文化冲突
Introduction
After
the
Second
World
War,
people
find
that
the
earth
becomes
smaller
and
smaller:
politicians
from
each
country
are
busy
in
communication
on
the
intercultural
stage;
international
companies are
found
everywhere;
scientists and
scholars
exist
in
international academic forum; more and more people
visit
foreign countries, Chinese
teachers stand on the platform of
foreign
countries,
ect.
All
in
all,
International
communication becomes so frequent.
At the same time, we can see the
conflicts and problems in
intercultural
communication again and again: one country’s
president
think
that
the
gesture
means
friendly,
but
it
enrages
another
country’s
people;
some
businessmen
from
foreign
countries
come
to
China
to
do
business
but
failed
and
left
with
complaint; the teachers coming from
England and America say
Chinese
students
don’t
cooperate
with
them;
some
Chinese
people go to America
to study, but, after a short time, they
give up the plan, an
d come
back to China??
With the
further development of the reform and opening to
the
outside world, the people and the
matter in western societies
have come
in to our visual field more and more. Under the
situation,
the
economic
and
the
social
communication
in
different
countries,
different
nationalities
and
different
cultures
become
a
part
of
people’s
life.
This
gives
us
a
chance
to get
in touch with western people and this is a good
thing
for deepening our understanding
of western society. But, this
is
not
an
easy
thing.
Because
the
things
we
face
are
coming
from
strange cultures and
countries, and the people we communicate
with
are
different
from
us
in
thinking,
life
custom,
and
behavior.
It
is
unavoidable
for
the
phenomenon
of
culture
conflicts
to
appear
in
the
course
of
communicating
with
others.
I.
The
frequent
conflicts
appeared
in
intercultural
communication between Chinese culture
and western culture
There
are
many
culture
conflicts
in
intercultural
communication
between
Chinese
cultural
and
western
culture,
it
is impossible for us to
list them out one by one. Here, some
frequent conflicts are listed out.
A. The conflicts on privacy
The privacy sense of Chinese people is
comparatively weak.
Chinese
people
think
individual
should
belong
to
the
collective;
they think
people should be united and fraternal; they think
people
should
care
for
each
other.
So,
Chinese
people
are
willing
to
know
the
other
people’s
things
and
the
others
also
want to tell them. But
western people attach great importance
to the personal privacy. They want to
have personal space and
they are not
willing to tell others their own things, they do
not
even
want
others
to
interfere
their
life.
So,
there
are
many
conflicts
on
privacy
between
Chinese
people
and
western
people.
For
example,
when
Chinese
people
meet
each
other
the
first
time,
they would like to inquire about the
others’ age, marriage,
family,
profession and even their income. They think this
is
a
polite
way
to
communicate
with
each
other,
but
western
people
believe these
questions encroach upon their privacy.
B. The conflicts on the sense of time