科技信息(学术版)
科技信息(學術版)
과기신식(학술판)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION
2008年
12期
134,136
,共2页
常利娜%郭芳芳%郝继亭%顾庆媛%孙胜强
常利娜%郭芳芳%郝繼亭%顧慶媛%孫勝彊
상리나%곽방방%학계정%고경원%손성강
high-context cultures%low-context cultures%culture values
In academic field, silence is classified as part of the nonverbal communication. Edward T. Hall regarded silence as a key standard of dividing high-context cultures and low-context cultures (毕 46). In high-context cultures, information is provided through gestures, the use of space, and even silence. Little information is explicitly explained by words. Chinese, Japanese, Native American cultures are high-context ones. However, "in low-context cultures, the verbal message contains most of the information and very little is embedded in the context." (Samovar, A. Larry, Richard E. Porter and Lisa A. Stefani 79). How do people from different cultures respond to silence? How their values affect their attitudes? What causes silence?
