Relative Distances

Assalamualaikum.. Good afternoon guys. i will post about Relative Distances.This was my reading assignment last semester.I written this summary by my self. Oke check this out.
People from different culture have different ideas about relative distances between speakers. For example, North Americans like to stand about 18 to 20 inches apart from each other when they talk. People from Saudi Arabia like to stand 12 to 14 inches apart when they talk. As s result, when a North Americans talk to someone from Saudi Arabia, everyone is uncomfortable. The North American  feels that the Saudi Arabia is trying to be too close, too intimate, and so American moves away as they talk. The Saudi Arabia on the other hand, feels that the North Americans is too unfriendly and too distant