On Cross-culture Communication

On Cross-culture Communication Author: Hong Ru Supervisor: Tian Yan Foreign Language Department Wenzhou Teachers' College 【Abstract】：Starting from the concept of cross-culture ommunication and following Gudykunst's and Sarbargh's theoretical framework, this article discusses the communication essence and analyzes the predictability of cross-culture communication, on the basis of comparing Chinese culture and American Culture. 【Key words】: cross-culture communication communication essence predictability 1. Introduction In the 20s-30s, the study of cross-culture communication has drawn interest in U.S.A. It focuses on the problems arising from communication between people of different cultural backgrounds and how to solve them. Linguists, cultural linguists, applied linguists and experts all turned their attention to this field of study. Learning such abilities of cross-culture communication as how to greet people and how to choose topics etc. helps to explain what happens during the communication. 2. Conceptions of Culture, Communication and Cross-culture Communication 3. The Pattern of Cross-culture Communication 4. Cultural Factors 5. Predictability of Cross-culture Communication Bibliography: 1. Brown, Gillian,《Cultural Values: The Interpretation of Discourse》, ELT Journal ,P44 2. Dexin, Wang "Pragmatic Problems in Inter-cultural Communication", 《外语教学与研究》，1994,4 3. Weicheng, Chu "The compliment formula", 《外国语》，1990,1 4. Wenzhong ,Hu Guides and Principles for the Consultant in Cross-cultural Assistance, 《Inter-cultural communication & English learning》， Shanghai Publishing house，1988 5. Yuxin, Jia 《The Study of Inter-cultural Communication》, Chapter 2, P28,P39, P68 Shanghai Foreign Language Teaching Publishing House, 1997 6. 关世杰，《跨文化交流学-- 提高涉外交流能力的学问》，P40，第二章第四节，北京大学出版社，1995