Culture and Nonverbal Communication

FENG Hairong

doi:10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236304

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FENG Hairong. Culture and Nonverbal Communication[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2023, 6(3): 75-97. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236304

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FENG Hairong. Culture and Nonverbal Communication[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2023, 6(3): 75-97. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236304

FENG Hairong. Culture and Nonverbal Communication[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2023, 6(3): 75-97. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236304

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FENG Hairong. Culture and Nonverbal Communication[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2023, 6(3): 75-97. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236304

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Culture and Nonverbal Communication

doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236304

FENG Hairong^,

University of Minnesota Duluth

Received Date: 2021-01-01
Accepted Date: 2021-06-10

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Abstract

In today's multicultural pluralistic world, a greater cultural sensitivity in both verbal and nonverbal communication is essential. This paper reviews literature on nonverbal communication from a cultural approach. It begins with an overview of cultural approaches to the study of nonverbal communication, and follows by reviewing recent efforts of theorizing culture and nonverbal communication. It then addresses cultural influences on channels of nonverbal behavior, including kinesics, proxemics, haptics, gaze, silence, paralanguage, and chronemics as well as the nonverbal behavior of facial expressions across cultures. The paper also reviews cultural space as a particular form of nonverbal communication and examines how cultural space defines our identity. Finally, this paper discusses implications for nonverbal communication in intercultural encounters.
- culture,
- context,
- nonverbal communication,
- intercultural communication,
- nonverbal communication across cultures

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