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A comparison of non-verbal actions between Serbian and English native speakers in New Zealand: a visual essay

  • Ivana Rajic EMAIL logo
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 17. April 2023

Abstract

This visual essay examines the non-verbal actions and the production of identity of Serbian and English native speakers during a videoconferencing task in New Zealand. This cross-cultural study examines the modes of facial expression, posture, and hand/arm movements to show how these are telling of the identity of the Serbian and English native speakers. Although gesture and language have received significant attention in research, very few studies have addressed the cross-cultural non-verbal actions and no study has compared Serbian native speakers with New Zealand English speakers. This visual essay addresses this gap.


Corresponding author: Ivana Rajic, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, E-mail:

  1. Ethical approval: This research obtained ethic approval 17/46 from the Auckland University of Technology Ethics Committee on 16. March 2017.

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Received: 2023-02-26
Accepted: 2023-02-28
Published Online: 2023-04-17

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