比较中西方身势语在沟通中的应用Ⅰ.IntroductionWhenpeoplespeakofthecommunicarion,firsttheywillthinkofthelanguage,whichistheverbalbehavior.Theverbalbehaviorisaprocessrelyingonthelanguageinstrument,includingtext(writtenlanguages)andverbal(orallanguage)tocarrythroughcommuniondeliveringideaandtransferringinformation.Languageisanimportanttoolofhumancommunication,butitisnottheonlytoolofcommunication.Infact,inadditiontolanguage,thereisamoreabundantcontentofthemeansofcommunicationthatisnon-verbal.Thenon-verbalcommunicationisthelanguageofalltheactsofcommunication,itisveryfrequentinthefrequencyofdailylife.Asmile,alook,andagesturebelongtobenon-verbalbahavior(huang,2003:16).Itisdifficulttofancyandcannotbeprocessedthatthecommunicationbetweenthepeoplejustdependonwordswithoutanyaccompanyinggesturesorpostures.That,atleast,isnotasufficientcommunication.Itisimpossibilitynottohavetheverbalbehaviorinhuman’scommunication,butthenon-verbalcommunicationgoeswiththeverbalcommunication.Bothofthemformedthecompleteprocessofcommunicationandalsohavetheirownfeaturesandfunctions.Non-verbalcommunicationcanrepresentpeople’spsychologicalactivitiesrichlyandaccurately.Asthemaincomponentofnon-verbalcommunication,bodtlanguagehasitsowntrait,effect,andfunction.Itmustcomplywiththe“principlesofcooperation”justasverbalcommunication(Yang,1994:16).Ⅱ.TheDefinitionandImportanceofBodyLanguage2．1DefinitionofBodyLanguageBodylanguageisnotalanguageinthestrictsenseoftheword“language”.“Bodylanguage”isexpressinghowonefeelsbyone’ssitting,standing,moving,etc,ratherbywords(OxfordAdvancedLearnersEnglish-ChineseDictionary,1997).2．2TheImportanceofBodyLanguageAninvestigationintothefunctionsofthefactorsofverbalandnonverbalcommunicationsshows:35%informationistransferredbylanguage;theother65%arebynonverbalpatterns(Samovaretal,1981).Otherstudyindicates:only7%emotionsinpeople’scommunicationarepassedbylanguage.Theother93%arebynonverbalpatterns.AmericanscholarsDeleig•Bronan(1991)pointedoutthat“Human’scommunicationconsistsofwriting,oralandbodythreeparts