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《跨文化交际》学期论文
Oｎ thｅ Ｄifferｅnｔ Ｗａｙｓ ｏf Sｏcｉal Ｃoｍmｕnicaｔioｎs Betｗeｅn Ｃhiｎa anｄ tｈｅ Ｗeｓt
Abstraｃt: Iｎｔercｕltur rｅfeｒｓ to ｅlｄeｒ ｂｒｏｔheｒ oｒ yoｕng brothｅr, anｄ ｓistｅr rｅｆers ｔｏ eldeｒ sｉsteｒ ｏr ｙｏｕnｇ sisｔｅr． Nｏt only fatheｒ＇s fａｔｈｅr callｅd graｎｄfather， but also mｏｔher's father can ｂe called thａt. Ｔhis iｓ ｄeｎｏtａtｉon ｗe hａvｅ meｎtｉｏｎｅd in laｓt parａgraｐh whicｈ ａlｗａｙｓ ｇｉｖes uｓ a concｅｐｔ of amｂiguity. Ｗhｉlｅ in Chiｎeｓe relaｔive ａpｐeｌｌaｔion systｅm, no maｔteｒ eｌdeｒ bｒoｔher ａｎd yｏung broｔhｅr or eldｅｒ ｓisteｒ anｄ youｎｇer sisteｒ is dｉs-ｔｉncteｄ ｓeｒiously． Ｂecauｓe ｏｕｒ Ｃhiｎesｅ cultuｒe think highly of reｓpecｔ ｆor senｉorｉｔｙ, pａｔeｒnａl ｌinｅ maternａl lｉnｅ ａnｄ marrｉaｇe． In ｂloｏd reｌaｔionsｈip, ｒelatｉvｅs of ｍｏｔhｅr, sisteｒ and dａｕghｔｅr ａrｅ calｌｅd ｅｘｔeｒｎal relativeｓ, ｓｕch as motheｒ's ｆatｈer or brｏｔhｅｒ. Ａll ｏｆ them ｈavｅ a ｄeｆiｎite ａｎd ｓpecｉａl ｒelaｔiｖe aｐｐeｌｌatiｏnｓ whiｃｈ wｅ can'ｔ finｄ in Enｇｌisｈ. Ｔhis rａre pｈeｎｏmenｏn＇s ｏrigｉｎ oｗes to fｅudａl aｕtoｃｒaｃy.
In ｏur ｔraditiｏnａｌ soｃiｅｔｙ, eｖerｙ reｌａｔiｏnｓｈｉｐ ｈａs its oｗｎ pｏsｉtioｎ , hiｇh ｏr low， baｓｅd oｎ seｘ, ｗhicｈ reｆleｃts conｃept oｆ mｅｎ ａrｅ sｕpeｒior ｔo womｅn. Ｉn ｇenｅral， huｓbands ｅｎjｏy hiｇher sｔａｔｕs thａn wiｖes， so doｅｓ to fａｔher anｄ mｏthｅr． Whiｌe in thｅ weｓt， pｅoｐｌe attａch mｏre atｔenｔｉon to care ｆａmily and iｎdividuａlｓ. Ｔhey emｐhaｓiｓ ｏn pｅrｓｏｎaｌｉｔy, sｐｅcｉal cｈaｒaｃｔer anｄ ｈａve cenｔｅｒｓ ｂaｓｅd ｏn ｔhｅｍsｅｌvｅs. Ｔｈey sｔａｎd tｈｅ ｖｉｅw thａｔ ｍen aｎd woｍｅn are equａｌ ａｎd alｌ mｅn are eqｕal. Sｏ their rｅｌａｔivｅ ａｐpeｌｌatｉｏns haｖｅ ｎo relaｔｉon to maｒriaｇe. For ｉnｓｔaｎce, ｕｎcle ｂoｔh refeｒs tｏ ｆａｔｈｅr＇s brｏｔｈｅrs and moｔheｒ's ｂｒotｈｅｒｓ.
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In daiｌy lｉfe, Ｃhｉnｅse aｔｔａch ｉmｐｏrｔance ｔｏ courｔesy， and ｔhey often ｃall tｈe aｐｐｅllａtｉｏn bｅfoｒe ｔackiｎｇ． Many ｄiｆferｅnｔ ｋｉnｄs ｏｆ relatｉve appｅlｌａｔiｏｎs anｄ ｓｏcial apｐｅllａtions are used bｙ Chiｎｅsｅ, baseｄ ｏn other＇s staｔus or ｂlｏｏd ｒｅlａｔionｓhiｐ aｎｄ dｉsｔｉｎｃt ｏcｃａsionｓ. Ｉn general, their aｐpｅllaｔiｏns eｍbodｙ pｏliｔeness anｄ rｅｓpeｃtinｇ． Ｗhile ｉn ｔｈｅ wesｔ, pｅople pｕrｓue ｅquaｌ aｎd close ｒelatｉoｎshiｐ. Ｓｏ they chｏose cａｌl othｅrs nａｍｅs dir