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Facial Expressions

The facial expressions also have significance in communication. The expressions


shows our mood and our emotions. When you give money to a homeless person, for
example, your facial expression will give an indication of even though you are not serious.
Smiling may convey love, honesty, joy, and courtesy. In the meantime, lifting our eyebrows
without smiling would mean disgust, rejection, and skepticism. Each individual's facial
expression has a different degree. Many individuals might have less facial expression in a
group than others. But it doesn't mean they don't have feelings (Levina, R.D, Mara B., &
Adelman, 1982). Here are some examples of facial expressions that usually used by
Americans and Balinese.
No American Balinese
1 Smiling with showing teeth usually Smiling with showing teeth usually
conveys happiness, politeness, sincerity, conveys happiness, politeness,
and welcoming. sincerity, and welcoming.
2 Puckering up eyebrows and glaring eyes Puckering up eyebrows and glaring eyes
usually conveys anger. usually conveys anger.
3 Lifting one edge of the lip usually shows Lifting one edge of the lip usually shows
that the person is contempt for that the person is contempt for
something. something.
4 Rising eyebrows, glaring eyes, and Rising eyebrows, glaring eyes, and
opening mouth usually show that opening mouth usually show that someone
someone is being surprised. is being surprised.
5 The rising inner portion of the eyebrows and The rising inner portion of the
pursed lips usually shows that eyebrows and pursed lips usually
someone is sad. shows that someone is sad.

From the table, we may get that there are no major variations in the use of facial expression in
American and Balinese. All the facial expressions listed seemed to have been used uniformly.
This was supported by Charles Darwin's statement in Nelson (2018) that emotional facial
expression is universal, not learned differently in each culture. This was also illustrated in the
1960s by Paul Ekman's work (Nelson, 2016). The subject from across western and eastern
member cultures received some pictures of various facial expressions and they had to identify
them. The facial expression was found to be identical with six major expressions such as joy,
disgust, rage, sorrow, disappointment, and fear.

While it is said that facial expression in each culture is not acquired differently, there is a saying
that "Balinese people are nice." This could be one thing that could differentiate facial expression
that Americans and Balinese normally use. Balinese is usually welcoming. This often makes
them talk to others, including strangers.

References

LevinaR.D.,Mara B., & Adelman. 1982. Beyond Language: Intercultural


communication for English as second language. USA: Prentice Hall Regents.

Nelson, January. (2018). A List of Emotions and Facial Expression.Thought Catalogue.


Retrieved from https://thoughtcatalog.com/january-nelson/2018/06/list-of- emotions/
(Accessed 5rd January 2020)

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