跨文化交际期末考试题
跨文化交际期末考试题
Ⅰ. Define the following items. 1. context ：P49 2. noise: P54 3. intercultural munication ：munication between people whose cultural perceptions and symbol systems are distinct enough to alter the munication event.
4. individualism: P99
5. collectivism: P99
6. high-
context culture ：P110 a culture in which meaning is not necessarily contained in words. Information is provided through gestures, the use of space, and even silence. 7. low-context culture ：P110 a culture in which the
majority of the information is vested in the explicit code. 8. verbal munication ：munication done both orally and in written language 9. nonverbal munication ：
involves all nonverbal stimuli in a munication
setting that is generated by both the source and his
or her use of the environment and that has potential message value for the source or receiver.
II. Answer the following questions(简答题) 1. What is the culture, and what are the characteristics of the culture? P45
what the behavior and customs mean to the people who are following them.
2. What’s the relationship between culture and language?
Culture influences language by way of symbols and
rules for using those symbols, as well as our perceptions of the universe (the meaning associated with the symbols).Language, on the other hand, would seem to have
a major impact on the way an individual perceives and conceptualizes the world.
3. How do Japanese people refuse? P135
4. How do Chinese and western people respond to others’ pliment? P162
5. What kinds of nonverbal munication are often used
in our daily munication? P191
6. What are the functions of the nonverbal munication? P218
7.What are the differences on receiving gifts between Chinese and westerner?
In the West, it is regarded as polite to open gifts
as soon as they are given to express appreciation. In China, the situation is quite the reverse. Normally we
Chinese feel that if you open the gift as soon as it is given, you might embarrass the person who gives the gift and you might be thought greedy. Therefore, Chinese people tend to open the gifts after the visitors have left.
In China, many people send gifts without wrapping them, and if they wrap them, they usually tell the receiver what is inside, and the receiver will thank the sender and put the gift aside without unwrapping them since they already know what is inside. English receivers open the gifts in front of the senders of the gifts.
8. Describe the different ways in showing hospitality between Chinese culture and western culture.
Chinese guests always refuse offer of drinks or food to demonstrate politeness in seeming not to wish to put their host to any trouble.Sometimes an offer is not a
real offer but a polite remark. After we say 'no', we usually wait for the second and third offer. If the host just brings the food or drink and ignores 'no', we ill accept it. Chinese like to press their guests to drink or eat to show their hospitality. While westerners always
accept or refuse offer of drinks or food very
genuinely.Their refusal is acce
pted as genuine.Westerners don’t to press. To press people to have food or drink after they have refused is frowned upon and can cause embarrassments.
III. Case Analysis (You are required to state cultural phenomenon in each case) Case 1
Li Lan had an American friend Susan. They usually had lunch together and Li Lan often asked Susan for advice on problems she faced adjusting to American society. Susan gave Li Lan a lot of advice and helped her to improve her English. Once Li Lan needed urgently a big sum of money to pay her tuition fee. Since she has no other friends in the States, she turned to Susan for help and promised
that she would return the money soon.
To Li Lan’s great disappointment, this time Susan didn’t seem hap py to lend the money