We know that body language, in general, and gesticulation, in particular, is culturaly dependent. It is especially clear for different languages since co-speech gestures are a part of the language.
But do we know how much gesticulation differs between different cultures, which are using the same language, such as the USA and UK?
This paper goes into this a little bit. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/article/language-contact-does-not-drive-gesture-transfer-heritage-speakers-maintain-language-specific-gesture-patterns-in-each-language/F9D7803549D4FB392799AE9288EFD48A
Wim Pouw , that paper seems to analyze different languages, while I wonder about the differences within one language, but different cultures which use that language
You may want to start with reading David Efron's classic book, in which he showed how Jewish and Italian US immigrants adapt their original gestures to their new environment. I am sure when you follow the citations of this work you will find a lot of further research in that direction.
https://books.google.de/books?id=KwEuAAAAYAAJ&hl=de&source=gbs_book_other_versions
There exists a revised edition titled Gesture, Race and Culture
First one I thought about:
http://csjarchive.cogsci.rpi.edu/proceedings/2013/papers/0081/paper0081.pdf
Thank you for the tip, Alice Cravotta , but what if people do not change languages? Did anyone compare Americans and British people for example?
Taras Kucherenko : Maybe this one below can be a good starting point:
Kita, S. (2009). Cross-cultural variation of speech-accompanying gesture: A review. Language and Cognitive Processes, 24(2), 145–167.
Yes, it looks like a great starting point.
Thanks, Alice Cravotta !
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