跨文化交际复习资料

跨文化交际复习资料 Unit 1&2 Reviewing Papers for Intercultural Communication

Unit 1&2

I. Keywords

(1) Sender/Source: A sender/source is the person who transmits a message.（信息发出者/信息

源：信息发出者/信息源指传递信息的人。）

(2) Message: A message is any signal that triggers the response of a receiver.（信息：信息指引起

信息接受者反应的任何信号。）

(3) Encoding: It refers to the activity during which the sender must choose certain words or

nonverbal methods to send an intentional message. （编码：编码指信息发出者选择言语或用非

言语的方式发出有目的的信息的行为。）

(4) Channel/Medium：It is the method used to deliver a message. （渠道/媒介：渠道/媒介指发

送信息的方法。）

(5) Receiver: A receiver is any person who notices and gives some meaning to a message. (信息

接受者：信息接受者指信息接收者是指注意到信息并且赋予信息某些含义的人。)

(6) Decoding: It is the activity during which the receiver attaches meaning to the words or

symbols he/she has received.（解码：解码指信息接受者赋予其收到的言语或符号信息意义的

行为。）

(7) Feedback: The response of a receiver to a sender’s message is called feedback.（反馈：反馈

指信息接收者对信息源信息所做出的反应。）

(8) Noise: It is a term used for factors that interfere with the exchange of messages, including

external noise physiological noise, psychological noise and semantic noise.（干扰：干扰指妨碍

信息交流的各种因素。包括外界干扰，生理干扰，心理干扰和语义干扰。）

(9) Context: A context is the setting or situation within which communication takes place ,

including physical context, social context and interpersonal context.（语境：语境指交际发生的

环境，包括自然语境，社会语境和人际语境。）

II. Definition of some terms

1. Culture: From intercultural perspective, culture is a system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors and artifacts that the members of a society use to cope with the world and with one another that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning.

2 Intercultural communication: It refers to the communication between or among people from different cultures. More precisely, it is the communication between people

whose cultural perception and symbol system are distinct enough to alter the communication

event.( 跨文化交际：跨文化交际指的是那些在文化认知和符号系统上存在差异的人们之间的交际。这些差异足以改变整个交际事件。)

3. International communication: it takes place between nations and governments rather than

- 1individuals; it is quite formal and ritualized. (国际交流：国际交流是指发生在国家和政府之间而非发生在个人之间的交际；此种交际非常正式和仪式化。)

4. Interracial communication: It occurs when the sender and the receiver exchanging

messages are from different races. (跨种族交际：跨种族交际是指交流信息的信息源和信息接

受者来自不同的种族的交际。)

5. Interethnic communication: It is the communication between or among people from

different ethnic groups in a country or culture.（跨民族交际：跨民族交际是指来自一个国家或

文化内部的不同民族群体的人们之间的交际。）

6. Intracultural communication: it is defined as communication between or