| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第13-18页 |
| ·Communication and Its Characteristics | 第13-14页 |
| ·Understanding of Intercultural Communication | 第14-15页 |
| ·A Case of Intercultural Communication | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-25页 |
| ·Study of Intercultural Communication between Chinese and Americans Abroad | 第18-20页 |
| ·Study of Intercultural Communication between Chinese and Americans in China | 第20-22页 |
| ·Theoretical Basis—Chen Guoming's Model of Communication | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Three DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION PATTERNS BETWEEN CHINESE AND AMERICANS | 第25-53页 |
| ·Communication Patterns of Chinese | 第26-34页 |
| ·High-context pattern | 第26-28页 |
| ·Indirect pattern | 第28-30页 |
| ·Self-effacement pattern | 第30-32页 |
| ·Silence pattern | 第32-34页 |
| ·Communication Patterns of Americans | 第34-41页 |
| ·Low-context pattern | 第34-35页 |
| ·Direct pattern | 第35-37页 |
| ·Self-enhancement pattern | 第37-39页 |
| ·Talkative pattern | 第39-41页 |
| ·Communication Patterns When Chinese Interacting with Americans | 第41-53页 |
| ·Chinese follow the communication patterns of Americans | 第41-48页 |
| ·Americans follow the communication patterns of Chinese | 第48页 |
| ·A synthetic pattern of the two—a third culture | 第48-53页 |
| Chapter Four ROOTS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION PATTERNS BETWEEN CHINESE AND AMERICANS | 第53-86页 |
| ·Different Cultural Patterns | 第53-69页 |
| ·Collectivism vs. individualism | 第54-57页 |
| ·Interdependent self construal vs. independent self construal | 第57-59页 |
| ·High-context vs. low-context | 第59-62页 |
| ·Confucianism vs. American beliefs | 第62-65页 |
| ·High face-concerns vs. low face-concerns | 第65-69页 |
| ·Different Thinking Patterns | 第69-75页 |
| ·Synthesis vs. analysis | 第69-72页 |
| ·Spiral sequence vs. linear sequence | 第72-75页 |
| ·Different Physical Environments | 第75-83页 |
| ·Geography and climate | 第76-79页 |
| ·Layout of city and architecture | 第79-83页 |
| ·Different histories | 第83-86页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第86-90页 |
| ·A Brief Summary of the Thesis | 第86-88页 |
| ·Suggestion for Future Study | 第88-90页 |
| NOTES | 第90-91页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第91-94页 |
