交谈时话语双方之间的物理距离.尤其是在跨文化交际中,一定要把握好这个距离,否则很容易给人一种不礼貌的感觉,这主要是由于西方人特别强调私人空间的意识.请看下面的例子：

　　AmongEnglishspeakers,personalspaceisveryimportant.Indeed,personalspaceisimportantinalllanguages,butthedistanceconsideredcriticaltotriggerdiscomfortdiffers.Spanishspeakerstolerateamuchcloserspeakingdistance,adistanceofsomethirtycentimeters,whichisabouthalfthatwhichEnglishspeakersprefer.Thus,aSpanishspeakerwillinstinctivelymoveinclosertotalkwithanEnglishspeaker,whoinstinctivelymovesaway,closertohispreferredspeakingdistance.