Discussion Of Bechtold's Views On Personal Space

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Body language is a silent language in some way. It is like playing charades when we talk about what we want to tell. Visual communication is the most important thing after speaking. According to the article, Bechtold tells that us personal space is not hard for people to learn. I certainly agree with this statement. Personal space is the distance from established itself in physical intimacy with strangers. At the same time, we can describe it as a distance that is created to isolate ourselves from the outside world. Actually I meant that a limit is abstracted to the separation by ourselves from society. However, in situations, it may happen otherwise. It depends more on the culture where we grow up because of the kind of relationship he/she

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