English-Vietnamese Cross-cultural Nonverbal Communication: Understanding Proxemics in Different Cultures

Conversational distance has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited, especially the conclusions onVietnamese’s preferable proxemic distance were also restricted due to some certain proble...

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Main Author: Hoàng, Phượng
Other Authors: Nguyễn, Hòa
Format: Theses
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/69853
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Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Language: English
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Summary:Conversational distance has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited, especially the conclusions onVietnamese’s preferable proxemic distance were also restricted due to some certain problems of research methodologies. The objective of the present study was to find out the preferred social, personal and intimate distances of Vietnamese communicators as a case of proxemics behavior. This study also indicated the factors which have influence on interpersonal distance of Vietnamese communicators, in which a number of research methods were exploited. The values of preferred conversational distance, then, can be used as a reference in related futureresearch.