• 2021-04-14
    In different cultures. some gestureshave entirely different meanings
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      Colors have different meanings in different cultures. White may be a festive color in the West but in China it symbolizes mourning.

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      Stretch your thumb and index finger to make a right angle. In the United States, the gesture indicates a pistol. In China, it means the number 8. What does this mean? A: Some gestures exist only in specific cultures and are therefore not understood by people from other cultures. B: Different countries use gestures to express numbers in different ways. C: Different cultures have different emphasis and application of gestures. D: The same gesture may cause cultural misunderstanding in different cultures.

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      Different culture has different ways of using language. In terms of degrees of directness, Anthropologist Edward Hall identified two kinds of cultures, namely ________cultures and ________cultures.

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      14. The word ‘dog’ may have quite different ______________ meanings in different cultures. ( ) A: denotative B: affective C: lexical D: grammatical

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      Similarly, people of different cultural backgrounds have similar understanding of the same colors, but the connotation of colors can also carry similar meanings in different cultures. (  )