随着西方现代语言学研究的不断深入与长足发展 ,特别是从纯语言研究向语用研究的转变过程 ,自五十年代末到六十年代初开始 ,随着美国语言学家霍尔 (Ｅ Ｔ Ｈａｌｌ)“无声的语言”一书的出版 ,一门崭新的学科—跨文化交际学应运而生了。他在此书里写道：“文化是人类生活的环境 With the deepening and rapid development of western modern linguistics research, especially the transition from pure linguistic research to pragmatic research, since the late 1950s and early 1960s, as the American linguist Hall (E) T Hall) The publication of “Silent Language”, a brand new discipline - intercultural communication came into being. In his book, he wrote: "Culture is the environment in which human beings live