2。2 Related Researches on Personal Spatial Distance   

In recent years, as Sino-US cultural exchanges is being concerned more and more hotly, the study on personal spatial distance is increasingly popular。 来:自[优E尔L论W文W网www.chuibin.com +QQ752018766-

An American psychologist has pided distances into four regions: intimate distance, personal distance, social distance and public distance, all of which are commensurate with the relationship of each other (Hall 30)。 Han Xiao, a Chinese scholar, thinks personal spatial distance between people not only refers to the distance in the space, but also refers to the psychological warmth or indifference (283)。 Georg Simmel pides the personal spatial distance into close distance, middle distance and long distance (45)。 Bullough thinks to maintain proper spatial distance is the basic principle of aesthetic and artistic activities, and this theory can also be used in other aspects of life (50)。 Zhou Xiaodong and Fang Fang think personal spatial distance plays a very important role in human activities, but people’s attitudes toward personal spatial distance are very different for the different cultural background (245)。 Their view is that the changes of personal spatial distance can affects communication。 It plays an important role in strengthening the intercultural communication and even plays a role beyond language。 They believe the personal spatial distance between people during the conversation is an integral part of the whole intercultural communication process。 People with different cultural backgrounds have different views towards personal spatial distance which will greatly influences intercultural communication。 They also think people have different feelings about intercultural communication rules in personal spatial distance and have different demands for personal spatial distance。 The value of the use of personal spatial distance is also different。 Another scholar Wang Hui thinks people should eliminate the conflicts and misunderstandings in the intercultural communication, and people should analyze and revise their behavior to meet the needs of cross-cultural communication。 His opinion is that personal spatial distance in intercultural communication can exchange information and human use personal spatial distance to express some kind of ideological information。