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Introduction It has been widely acknowledged that address is a universal phenomenon in all cultures. As the first step in communication and the first message sent to the listener by the speaker, it plays a significant and delicate role as mediators of social relations in communication in people’s daily life. Nowadays, because of the interconnectedness of the world and the emergence of the information age, boundaries of countries are becoming less visible and intercultural communication among people is increasingly paramount and significant as well. Although address is a universal phenomenon, the truth is that there is considerable variation in address form usage, across languages, across national boundaries, that is, the address form patterns and the rules of their use are culture specific. From the perspective of intercultural communication, however, the discrepancies of address forms in these facets are superficial in comparison with the deep structure of diverse cultures they are derived from. The misunderstandings and contradictions caused by the differences of address forms in intercultural communication are no exception. According to the principles of intercultural communication, a comparison of cultural diversity reflected in intercultural communication will help trace to its source for the linguistic discrepancies and enhance people’s sensitivity to cultural differences to reduce or avoid misunderstandings and contradictions in intercultural communication for the purpose of successful communication. In this paper, the present writer will delve into the deep structure of culture to provide a cultural analysis for the differences of address forms in both English and Chinese languages. Chapter One Perspectives of Culture 1.1 Definitions of Culture It is never easy to define culture because it is ubiquitous, multidimensional，complex, and all-pervasive. Therefore, a great number of definitions have been suggested for culture. As early as 1952, Kroeber and Kluckh