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Исследования в русле межкультурной коммуникации
Intercultural communication studies
Interculturelle Forschungen
УДК 81
ЯЗЫК ЖЕСТОВ В РАЗНЫХ КУЛЬТУРАХ
GESTURESINVARIOUSCULTURES
Артеменко А.И., студентка, Певнева И.В., канд. филол. наук, доцент,
Кемеровский институт (филиал) Российского Экономического
Университета им. Г.В. Плеханова
Artemenko A.I., student, Pevneva I.V, Ph.D, associate professor,
Kemerovo institute (branch) of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Статья посвящена описанию и интерпретации наиболее распространен-
ных жестов, используемых представителями различных культур с разным
смысловым наполнением. Описаны наиболее часто используемые жесты, не-
верное понимание которых может способствовать неэффективности процесса
межкультурной коммуникации.
When we visit another country all of us try to learn as much information as
possible. We want to get to know the culture of the country, political situation,
weather forecast, try to learn some words in local language, generally, we try to be
«fully equipped». However, we often forget about one important thing that is that is a
body language. The same gesture can be interpreted differently. And not to become
misunderstood and not to get into an awkward situation, let's consider the main ges-
tures and their interpretation in various countries and cultures. This area of interest
was studied by many researches all over the world [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7].
Let's first consider how to greet and say goodbye in the different countries of
the world. It might seem weird, but greetings may not be present at all. For example,
it isn't necessary to greet a woman in Saudi Arabia. According to Sharia, for a woman
to greet a man in public or to communicate with somebody, except for her own hus-
band without supervision of the senior women male relatives is a top of indecency. In
many countries including China and Japan at acquaintance it is accepted to call a per-
son by surname at first. In Japan the name is practically not used even at informal
meetings and the official bow is a necessary ritual at acquaintance.
There are some unusual types of greetings, for example in Lapland welcoming
the friend with rubbing noses. Inhabitants of the Andaman Islands at parting bring the
acquaintance's palm to the lips and quietly blow.