We, ordinary people, also should learn their special gestures to “talk” to them, making them warm and avoiding the misunderstanding.
Emergencies or Non-verbal Situations and Gestures
The gestures also play an important role in the emergencies, or some non-verbal situations, such as in the shipping steam, in the sport competition and in the aloft work.
2.4.1The Semaphore in Shipping Steam
People use the semaphore in shipping steam, in order to communicate with the other ship in the sea.
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Knowing the semaphore is good way for us to know the shipping culture.
2.4.2The Sign Code of the Referee in the Basketball competition
The basketball competition is not strange for us; here there are some gestures of the basketball referee. We should know these gestures, the more, the better.
Next time when you watch a basketball competition, you may identify with the gestures of the basketball referee. These vivid gestures help you to understand the competition better.
2.4.3The Gestures Between Conductor and Operator in Aloft Work
In the aloft work, people always use gestures, because the gesture is more vivid and direct than the verbal communication.
3 The Meanings of Gestures
A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication made with a part of the body, used instead of or in combination with verbal communication. The language of gesture allows individuals to express a variety of feelings and thoughts, from contempt and hostility to approval and affection. Most people use gestures in addition to words when they speak. The use of gesture as language by some ethnic groups is more common than in others, and the amount of such gesturing that is considered culturally acceptable varies from one location to the next.
When we communicate with people from other cultures, the gestures sometimes help make the communication easy and effective, such as shaking hands is such a universal gesture that people all over the world know that it is a signal for greeting. But sometimes the gestures can cause certain misunderstanding since people of different cultures often have different forms of behavior for sending the same signals. Nodding one’s head is generally meant to show agreement “yes”, but to Nepalese, Sri Lankans, some Indians and some Eskimos, it means not “yes”, but “no”.
Undoubtedly, some gestures have similar physical movement yet have different meanings in different cultures. Meanwhile, using different gestures from different cultures can express the same meaning.[ 《studying non verbal》]
Different Gestures with Different Meanings
Different gestures have different meanings. We “global villager” should learn these diverse meanings. Here are some tables to show clearly what the exact gesture means.
put the index finger in front of the mouth Keep silent.
“V”-sign victory
anti-“V”-sign an insult
open both hands pratise what you preach wholehearted
open one’s hands supinely humility, faithfulness
put palms adown control, suppress
point at someone by one’s index finger lead to someone’s antipathy
put one’s hands behind to abate the intensity, or to meditate
rub one’s hands together Look forward to something, especially in the negotiations.
both arms cross in front Hostility and recovery.
spire-style with the body lies back be arrogant
suspecting
worrying
day-dreaming
meditating
High- Five
celebrate victory
handshake amity or compliment
thumb down bad
corna (mano 、cornuta、 horned hand） expel bad luck or evil eyes
or as a rock-and-roll gesture in America
I love you. express love
the middle finger up personal attack
banned language
The Same Meaning with Different Gestures
However, it is interesting to find that different gestures also have the same meaning. Here is the table that summarize the meaning.
Table 3-1
Meaning Nationality Gestures
1.an insult British two finger with the palm facing inside
some western countries “V”-sign
Chinese and some western countries middle finger up
2.obscene Brazilian, German, former USSR, Columbian “A-OK” gesture
Sardinian thumb up
3. compliment or approval Italian touch the lower eyelid
British thumb up
United States “A-OK” gesture
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