| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| ·The Importance of Body language | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Process of Development of Non-verbal Communication | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter Two Nature of Body Language | 第15-27页 |
| ·What is Body Language Communication? | 第15-16页 |
| ·Design Feature | 第16-19页 |
| ·Duality | 第16-17页 |
| ·Productivity | 第17页 |
| ·Displacement | 第17-18页 |
| ·Cultural transmission | 第18-19页 |
| ·Interchangeability | 第19页 |
| ·Language Relatedness | 第19页 |
| ·Functions of Body Language Communication | 第19-23页 |
| ·Managing the Immediate Social Situation | 第19-21页 |
| ·Sustaining Verbal Communication | 第21-22页 |
| ·Replacing Verbal Communication | 第22-23页 |
| ·Classification of Body Language | 第23-27页 |
| ·Dynamics and Static | 第23-24页 |
| ·Informative and Expressive | 第24页 |
| ·"Body Focused" and "Object Focused" | 第24-25页 |
| ·Emblems and Illustrators | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter Three Cultural Universals and Relativity | 第27-38页 |
| ·Cultural Universals | 第27-30页 |
| ·Goodenough's view of Cultural Universals | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Basis of Cultural Universals | 第28-30页 |
| ·Cultural Relativity | 第30-33页 |
| ·Geertz's View of Cultural Relativity | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Basis of Cultural Relativity | 第31-33页 |
| ·Relationship between Cultural Universals and Relativity | 第33-38页 |
| Chapter Four Culture and Body Language Communication | 第38-64页 |
| ·Relativity in Body Language Communication | 第38-53页 |
| ·Differences in Body Language Communication | 第38-49页 |
| ·Cultural Relativity in Body Language Communication | 第49-53页 |
| ·Universals in Body Language Communication | 第53-57页 |
| ·Homologous Motor Pattern and Innate Releasing Mechanism | 第53-55页 |
| ·Cultural Universal and Its Expression in Body Language | 第55-57页 |
| ·Relationship between Body Language Communication and Culture | 第57-59页 |
| ·Cultural Influence on Body Language Communication | 第59-62页 |
| ·Cultural Diffusion and the Generality in Body Language Communication | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Five Study of Body Language Communication in the Cross-cultural context | 第64-79页 |
| ·Understanding Cross-cultural Communication | 第64-66页 |
| ·What Is Cross-cultural Communication? | 第64页 |
| ·Importance of Cross-cultural Communication | 第64-66页 |
| ·Body Language in Cross-cultural Communication | 第66-70页 |
| ·Body Language Communication and Cross-cultural Competence | 第66-68页 |
| ·Function of Body Language Communication in Cross-cultural Communication | 第68-70页 |
| ·Body Language Messages in Cross-cultural Communication | 第70-75页 |
| ·Emblems | 第70-72页 |
| ·Illustrators | 第72页 |
| ·Affect Displays | 第72-73页 |
| ·Regulators | 第73-74页 |
| ·Adaptors | 第74-75页 |
| ·Approaches to the Study of Body Language Communication in the Cross-cultural Context | 第75-79页 |
| Conclusion | 第79-82页 |
| Bibliography | 第82-88页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第88-89页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第89-90页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第90页 |
