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Comparison of body language between American and Chinese 1 Introduction Verbal communication is defined as spoken communication, including the use of words and intonation to convey meaning. On the other hand, non-verbal communication is “silent” communication, including the use of gestures, postures, position, eye contact, facial expressions, and conversational distance. An investigation into the functions of verbal and non-verbal communication shows: the total impact=7% verbal feeling+38% vocal feeling+55% facial expressions. This result reflects the important role of nonverbal communication in daily communication. As David Abercrombie said， “We can speak in vocal organs, but we can use nonverbal gesture to communicate.” As one means of nonverbal communication, body language is the most natural part of non-verbal communication and it plays an important role in non-verbal communication. Just like verbal language, body language is also the carrier and container of culture. The same body language in two cultures has different meaning, so studying the culture and differences of body language in cross-culture communication is very important. 1.1 Nonverbal Communication and Body Language “Nonverbal communication is a process in which communicators use the natural features of their bodies to deliver information and express specific meaning instinctively to the other communicator.”(管延祥, 2004, p90) The study of nonverbal communication covers three major parts: proxemics, kinesics or body language, and paralanguage. Kinesics is also called body language, which studies the meanings of the movement of all parts of body and it includes many nonverbal behavior such as eye language, gestures, postures, facial expressions, touch and so on. In Webster’s New Dictionary, kinesics is defined as “to systematically study nonverbal body action (such as blush, eye movements, etc) and communication.” Samovar once says that “Kinesics is the systematic study of body language movements a