Language Variation and Cross-Cultural Communication: Nonverbal Behaviour and Social Networks

Abstract

Language and cross-cultural communication are fields that study the effect of cultural communication on language and how the differences in languages are based on the differences in people’s cultures. The paper explores two significant topics related to language and cross-cultural communication. The first topic is nonverbal communication as a way of communicating and how it is different from one region to another. Two codes (proxemics and kinesics) are thought to be the most significant components of nonverbal behaviour. The second topic is the social network, i.e., the relationship of people with each other and how it can affect their language.