Cultural Difference in Body Language.docVIP

Ⅰ. Introduction: When a Chinese converse with an American friend of the opposite sex, would it be indecent to looking at the other person? An American says, “yes”, while lowering the eyes. Dose he really mean “yes”? If two young Chinese friends of the same sex walk with their arms around each other’s shoulder or hold hands, would English-speaking people regard this as proper? These are not questions about language, but about body language, about nonverbal communication. What’s the body language? It has the definitions in both narrow and broad senses. In the narrow sense