跨文化交际Unit 3 Daily Verbal Communication 2

Sense of Past Oriented Time
Future Oriented
Activity Being
Doing
Social
Authoritarian / Group Individualistic
(Relationa Oriented
Cultural assumptions
“One’s sugar may be another one’s poison”.
Oriental: compliment less than Westerners do;
Chinese people are cautious about drawing a line between compliment and flattery.
“Indirect” culture VS “direct” culture
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Western values
Human Nature
Basically Good
Mixture of Good and Evil
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Differences between Chinese and English compliment responses
English speakers tend to accept compliments, at least in form (direct culture);
Chinese tend to efface themselves
中美文化主要差异一览表
人本文化（中国）
基于人与人的关系 忠、孝、恕、仁 家族关系：亲、紧、近 朋友关系：义 融合凝聚的文化 兼容并蓄 天人合一 人治
神本文化（美国）
基于个人与他的神的关系 原罪 家族关系：疏、松、远 极少“义”的观念 分割竞争的文化 宗教战争 神→自然 法治
主客两分是西方文化的特色；主客混沌或 天人合一是中国文化的特色。就整体世界 观而言，西方哲学侧重“天人之别”，中 国哲学侧重“天人合一”。了解西方文化， 开拓了我的视野，这对于成为一个“融会 中西”的人，是必不可少的文化熏陶。 （李开复 《世界因你不同》）
How often do you compliment the others? How do you feel when you are
complimented? How do Chinese/English speakers respond
to compliments? Why do people compliment? Can
Sufficient similarities? Overlook the differences!!! People in different lands hold different
attitudes, opinions, values, beliefs, customs…
Think about it
For Chinese, appreciation is understood and need not to be expressed. (highcontext culture again!)
in words.
“您夫人年轻时真漂亮！”
“哪里，哪里。”
Chinese modesty
Think about it
How do we Chinese express our gratitude to small and big favors?
To whom do we express our gratitude?
3. Daily verbal communication (II)
Objectives
To know the differences in compliments and compliment responses To know the social functions of compliments To know the different expressions of gratitude and apology in English and Chinese
How do think of this saying? What is “assumption”? What is “cultural assumption”?
Cultural assumption of similarities VS Cultural assumption of differences
“You can speak very good French.” “Thank you.” “Its a wonderful dish！” “I am glad you like it.” P55
Differences between Oriental and Western compliments
compliments bring people everywhere?
Compliments
“你看起来很漂亮，年轻了。” “什么呀，别拿我开玩笑了。” “菜做得很好吃。” “过奖，过奖，做得不好。” “你今天可真漂亮，这衣服真好看。” “谢谢。这衣服我穿了好长时间了。”
Compliments
Linguistic features
More Chinese compliments begin with “you” or “your”; while English compliments with “I”.
More English compliments contain exaggerated adjectives like great, awesome, terrific, gorgeous, fabulous, smart…