3。1 Conception

People not only reach a clear understanding of each other when they are in communication with others, they also deliver information through facial expressions, eye contact and body actions。 We like to call it “body language”, which is a kind of nonverbal communication。

Body language, including gestures, body movements and facial expressions, is a nonverbal behavior。 People communicates with others through their body language, like shaking their heads, nodding, eye contact, hand motions and so on。 On the basis of the study results of psychologists, the messages people send can be strengthened and more clearer by doing so。 The scholars hold quite different opinions of the conception of body language, however, most of them acknowledge that body language is a communicative term that captures wide comprehension。

3。2 Characteristics

There is no doubt that body language is able to enrich and heighten verbal language, but no one can express himself only through body language (except deaf-mute)。 This can not be said that it is meaningless, on the contrary, body language is irreplaceable。

Body language plays an important part in various places。 It can embellish verbal language, which helps us express our thoughts and ideas more specifically and vividly; at the same time, it conveys our emotions and signals towards the others while we are in a conversation,this is very significant for successful cross-cultural interaction and communication。 

Body language are also influenced by moods and external condition。 In other words, people usually smile when they are happy; blush when they are shy; pull a long face when they are grieved, which is accustomed to people。

Sometimes, the same body language will convey different feelings and ideas, however, a simple meaning can be expressed by two or three different body languages。 The difference is attributed to the cultural differences。 People from all over the world, because of the cultural background differences, have a variety of verbal languages even body languages。来,自,优.尔:论;文*网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766-

3。3 Categories

In the situations of nonverbal language communication, body language is distinguished by the physical movements of a person’ s body。 Samovar uses the term “body behavior” to describe it and pide it into several part, like touching, olfaction, body action, facial expression, eye expression and so on。 Moreover, Knapp’ s classification is including posture, gesture, four limbs action, hand expression, head gesture, facial expression, eye contact, and so on。 

From the materials we have mentioned above, we may know that body language is mainly talking about one’s every part of the body movements, it is not merely limited to body actions。