unication brought about by space language. Space language, or proxemics, varies with different cultures. Just as Hall classified the four distances for American culture, each culture has its presupposed safe fortable body distances. From research, the distribution of acceptable distance between individuals across cultures is described by the following chart.РShort distanceРMedium distanceРLong distanceРLatinsРAmericansРJapaneseРMediterranean ArabsРNorthern EuropeansРMediterranean EuropeansРThroughout the conversation, the Australian lady kept retreating while Mark kept advancing to get to fortable distance he expects. Without noticing, Mark’fortable talking distance may make the Australian lady feel greatly annoyed and upset for it has exceeded her criteria for acceptable talking distance.
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