黄慧敏编写的《英汉对比视角下的跨文化交际研究》从英汉（中美）对比的角度，结合有关价值模式和文化深层结构理论，以跨文化交际的大量实例来讨论其动态过程中主流文化模式所面临的变化和发展趋势。对如何使人类文化价值取向的共性强力促进各民族间的相互融入，适应和改观；如何增强民族间个性差异的敏感度、领悟性和宽容度等进行了系统地对比研究。

Introduction

Chapter 1 Great Changes in Intercultural Communication

 1.1 The Importance of Intercultural Communication

 1.2 Five Stages in the Progress of Human Communication

 1.3 Three New Motivations of Intercultural Communication

1.3.1 New Technology and Information Systems

1.3.2 New Explosion of the World's Population

1.3.3 New Economic Arena

 1.4 China's Rise on the World Stage

Chapter 2 Settings of Contacts and Human Relationship

 2.1 Important Settings of International Contacts

2.1.1 Education Environment

2.1.2 Business Environment 

2.1.3 Media Environment

 2.2 Personal and Public Relationship

2.2.1 Friendship and Colleagues' Relationship

2.2.2 Immigration and Mixed Marriage

Chapter 3 Communication and Culture

 3.1 Communication

3.1.1 Definitions of Communication

3.1.2 The Complexity of Communication

3.1.3 Components of Communication

3.1.4 Characteristics of Communication

3.1.5 Modals of Communication

 3.2 Culture

3.2.1 Definitions of Culture

3.2.2 Characteristics of Culture

3.2.3 Functions of Culture

 3.3 Relationship Between Communication and Culture

Chapter 4 Intercultural Communication

 4.1 Definitions of Intercultural Communication

 4.2 Elements of Intercultural Communication

 4.3 Forms of Intercultural Communication

 4.4 Domains of Intercultural Communication

 4.5 A Main Disparity of Thinking Modes Between Eastern and

Western in Intercultural Communication

Chapter 5 Cultural Patterns and Value Dimensions

 5.1 Culture and Perception

5.1.1 Culture's Influence on Perception

5.1.2 Beliefs and Values :

5.1.3 One of Primary Differences Between Chinese and

American Values.Face ~ Freedom

 5.2 Dominant Cultural Patterns in Intercultural Communication

5.2.1 Dominant American Cultural Patterns

5.2.2 Dominant Chinese Cultural Patterns

 5.3 Diverse Value Dimensions

5.3.1 Hofstede's Value Dimensions

5.3.2 The Kluckhohns and Strodtbeck's Value Orientations

 5.4 Hall's High-context and Low-context Communication

Chapter 6 The Deep Structure of Culture

 6.1 World View

6.1.1 Religion-- One's Spiritual View as a World View

6.1.2 Five Big Religions in the World and a Comparison

Among them

 6.2 History

6.2.1 American History's Influence on the American Character

6.2.2 Chinese History's Influence on the Chinese Character

6.2.3 A Brief Comparison Between American and Chinese

Characters

 6.3 Family

6.3.1 Family's Function and Importance

6.3.2 Relationship Among Family, Culture and Society

6.3.3 Family's Types in the World

Chapter 7 Verbal Communication

 7.1 Definitions, Characteristics and Functions of Language

7.1.1 Definitions

7.1.2 Characteristics

7.1.3 Functions

 7.2 Language and Culture

7.2.1 Culture and the Meaning of Words

7.2.2 Relationship Between Language and Culture

 7.3 Language, Culture and Translation in Intercultural

Communication

7.3.1 Translation: a Transference from One Culture and

Language to Another

7.3.2 Translation: Equivalence-seeking in Different Languages

and Cultures

 7.4 Language, Culture and Rhetoric in Intercultural Communication

7.4.1 Rhetoric: a Thinking Mode Mirroring and Conveying

Culture ;

7.4.2 Rhetoric: an Effective Approach to Intercultural

Communication

Chapter 8 Nonverbal Communication

 8.1 Importance and Significance of Nonverbal Communication

 8.2 Definition and Dimension of Nonverbal Communication

8.2.1 Definition of Nonverbal Communication

8.2.2 Dimension of Nonverbal Communication

 8.3 Functions and Limitation of Nonverbal Communication

8.3.1 Functions of Nonverbal Communication

8.3.2 The Limitation of Nonverbal Communication

 8.4 Nonverbal Messages and Culture in Intercultural Communication

8.4.1 Body Behavior

8.4.2 Space and Distance

8.4.3 Time

8.4.4 Silence

Chapter 9 Attitudes Essential to Intercultural Communication: A Sample

Analysis

 9.1 Some Attitudes Essential to Intercultural Communication

9.1.1 Improvement or Enhancement of Intercultural

Communication Awareness

9.1.2 Appreciation of Likeness and Acceptance of Uniqueness

9.1.3 Promotion of Tolerance and Mutual Respect

 9.2 An Analysis of the Effective Intercultural Communication

Between Xiang and Yale in the Past 100 Years

9.2.1 The Xiangya Association and Their Intercultural

Communication

9.2.2 Rethinking the Intercultural Communication Between

Xiang and Ya

Chapter 10 The Movie Guasha--A Cultural Clash Between Chinese and

American Values: Discussion and Comments

 10.1 The Movie Guasha: Mirroring Sharp Cultural Conflicts in

Intercultural Communication

10.1.1 The Story of Guasha

10.1.2 The Significance of Guasha for Intercultural

Communication

 10.2 Group Discussion on Guasha

10.2.1 Topics on Guasha

10.2.2 Samples from Students' Comments on Guasha

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