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Italians' and Swedes' gestures vary when they tell stories, which may show cultures think differently about narratives

https://phys.org/news/2024-03-italians-swedes-gestures-vary-stories.html

When we talk, we often use our hands in addition to words. Gesturing is a phenomenon that has been observed across languages and cultures. Some cultures are typically thought to use more gestures than others.

Italians' and Swedes' gestures vary when they tell stories, which may show cultures think differently about narratives

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RustnRuin

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Idk about that. Probably these so called borrowed words from Italian, are actually of Latin origin, like so many words in so many European languages.

lvxferre

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I don't speak Swedish, but ⟨faktura⟩ is clearly from Latin, not from Italian. Italian shifted Latin ⟨ct⟩ /kt/ clusters into ⟨tt⟩ /t:/, and the Swedish borrowing preserves it.