Lingua franca is known as the language bridge between two different people who have different native languages. The theory stated that humans communicate by using vocal organs and the whole part of the body. This study was conducted to seek out whether non-verbal language could be considered lingua franca. This study used multimodal transcription analysis with Jefferson and Modada transcript notation and has decided on several data clips from YouTube. The study examines the gestures and other non-verbal languages to seek out whether multilingual interlocutors could receive the implied message delivered by body language. The results show that the hearer was trying to understand the speaker's gesture. The speaker does not speak English fluently, so he was struggling to find perfect diction. At the end of the clip, the speaker finally succeeds in portraying his thoughts through some gestures. In addition, the interlocutors were taking place in the action of delivering and receiving implied meaning through gestures and body language. Even though there was already a lingua franca (e.g., English), body language adds meaning through the message. Furthermore, this study was conducted in order to give a different insight into the term lingua franca.
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