沉默语是非语言的一个方面,更确切地说,是属于副语言的范畴,是一种非语言行为。然而,不同的文化又赋予了沉默语不同的内涵。所以,交际中的沉默现象愈来愈受到学者们的关注。对沉默语的了解与掌握成了跨文化交际研究中一个不可忽视 Silence is one aspect of nonverbal language, more precisely, a category that belongs to the sublanguage and is a nonverbal act. However, different cultures have given different connotations of silence. Therefore, the phenomenon of silence in communication is getting more and more scholars’ attention. Understanding and mastery of silent language has become a cross-cultural communication research can not be ignored