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Cross-Cultural Transfer in Gesture Frequency in Chinese-English Bilinguals
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So, Wing Chee – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to examine cross-cultural differences in gesture frequency and the extent to which exposure to two cultures would affect the gesture frequency of bilinguals when speaking in both languages. The Chinese-speaking monolinguals from China, English-speaking monolinguals from America, and Chinese-English bilinguals from…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Asian Culture, Cultural Differences