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Gestures and body language communicate as efectively as words- maybe
even more efectively. We use gestures daily, almost instinctively, rom beckoning to
a waiter, or punctuating a business presentation with visual signals to airport
ground attendants guiding an airline pilot into the jetway or a parent using a whole
dictionary o gestures to teach (or preach to a child.
!here are diferent body languages or gestures used to convey something.
". SUPERIORITY # !he $rst picture below shows the superiority position% the
person takes this posture when he eels superior or overcon$dent. !hat&s why
it's called the state o over con$dence or superiority. or e)ample, when
someone $nishes a hard task or completes an e)am *uickly you may $nd him
taking the superiority posture. !he second picture was re*uently used in
superior-subordinate interaction and that it indicates a con$dent or sel-
assured attitude. +uperiors oten use this gesture position when they give
instructions or advice to subordinates and it is particularly common among
accountants, lawyers and managers.
. OPENNESS# When people wish to be totally open or honest they will hold
one or both palms out to the other person and say something like, et me be
completely open with you'. When someone begins to open up or be truthul,
he will e)pose all or part o his palms to another person. ike most body
language, this is a completely unconscious gesture, one that gives you a
eeling or hunch that the other person is telling the truth.
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/. CONFIDENCE # stands upright and $nger tips touch each other. 0 person will
make these gestures when he eels con$dent about the topic he is talking
about or when he believes he knows much about the topic he is listening to.
1. COOPERATION # handshake
2. READINESS# +tanding with hands on hips
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3. INDIFFERENCE# moving shoulders up and down
4. BOREDOM# 5and supported your ace on the desk as you strained to keep
your eyelids open. When a person begins to use his hand to support his head,
it is a signal that boredom has set in and his supporting hand is an attempt to
hold his head up to stop himsel rom alling asleep.
6. SUSPICION# 7eck stroking
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8. SECRETIVENESS a $nger near the mouth
"9.DOUBT# +ee no evil' says the wise monkey, and this gesture is the brain's
attempt to block out the deceit, doubt or lie that it sees or to avoid having to
look at the ace o the person to whom he is telling the lie. :en usually rub
their eyes vigorously and i the lie is a big one they will oten look away,
normally towards the ;oor.
"".ANXIETY #
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everyone around you about your inner eelings o an)iety or irritation or
both.
".FRUSTRATION# !he hand-gripping-wrist gesture is a signal o rustration.
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e)ample, is showing a greater attempt at sel-control than the man in igure
12 because the hand in igure 13 is gripping the upper arm, not just the
wrist.
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culturally uni*ue emblems. !he message or apology,'' or instance, occurred only
in +outh 0sia% the message or hunger'' occurred only in Cast 0sia% and the
message or day ater tomorrow'' occurred only in the :iddle Cast, despite the act
that these are clearly universal concerns.
0ll cultures walk on the same side o the pavement as they drive on the road.!his means i you&re British, 0ustralian, +outh 0rican or a 7ew Dealander, you drive
and walk to the let.
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A.
Europe and North America:@AMediterranean region, Russia, Brazil, Turkey:0n ori$ce signal% se)ualinsult% gay manTunisia, France, Belgium:Dero% worthless
Japan::oney% coins
B. estern countries:@ne% C)cuse meF% 0s God is my witness% 7oF (tochildren
C.
Britain, Australia, Ne! "ealand, Malta:p yoursF#$A:!wo%ermany:HictoryFrance:Ieace
Ancient Rome:Julius ?aesar ordering $ve beers
D.Europe:!hree&atholic countries:0 blessing
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E.
Europe:!woBritain, Australia, Ne! "ealand:@ne#$A:WaiterF
Japan:0n insult
F.estern countries:our
Japan:0n insult
G.estern countries:7umber 2E'ery!here:+topF%reece and Turkey:Go to hellF
H.
Mediterranean:+mall penisBali:Bad
Japan:Woman$outh America:!hinFrance:Kou can&t ool meF
I.
Mediterranean:Kour wie is being unaithulMalta and (taly:Irotection against the Cvil Cye (when pointed$outh America:Irotection against bad luck (when rotated
#$A:!e)as niversity ogo, !e)as onghorn ootball !eam
J.%reece:Go to 5ellFThe est:!wo
K.Ancient Rome:p yoursF#$A:+it on thisF +crew youF
L.
Europe:@neAustralia:+it on thisF (upward jerkidespread:5itchhike% Good% @A%reece:p yoursF (thrust orward
Japan::an% $ve
M.)a!aii:&5ang loose&)olland:=o you want a drinkL
N. #$A:< love you
O.The est:!en% < surrender%reece:p Kours -- twiceFidespread:
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!here are diferent cultural interpretations and implications o three common handgestures, the Ring, the Thum*+#pand the +sign.
'. The R(#)
!his gesture was populariEed in the +0 during the early nineteenth centuryby the newspapers that were starting a craEe or using initials to shorten commonphrases. !here are many diferent views about what the initials &@A& originally stoodor, some believing it stood or &all correct& which was regularly misspelled as &oilkorrect&, while others say that it means the opposite o &knock-out& that is, A@.
&@A& to a Westerner, &money& to a Japanese, &Eero& to the rench and insulting to the!urks and BraEilians
0nother popular theory is that it is an abbreviation o &@ld Ainderhook&, romthe birthplace o a nineteenth-century 0merican president who used the initials as acampaign slogan.
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or he is gay, while a !urk might thinkyou&re calling him an &arsehole&.
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situations where people try to get us &under their thumb&. !he thumb is reerred toin this e)pression because o its physical power.
. The V-S()#
!his sign is common in Great Britain, 0ustralia, and 7ew Dealand and carriesan &up yours& interpretation. Winston ?hurchill populariEed the &H or victory& signduring the +econd World War, but his two-$ngered version was done with the palmacing out, whereas the palm aces towards the speaker or the obscene insultversion.
!his can mean &two& to an 0merican, &Hictory& to a German and &p yours& in Britain