COMM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nonverbal Communication, Paralanguage, Kinesics
Lecture 6: Nonverbal communication
Nonverbal communication: the use of objects, action, sounds, time, and space to convey
meaning
Some fact of nonverbal communication
- ***65% of information was obtained from non-verbal communication
- People tend to believe non-verbal communication more than verbal communication
- Can be spontaneous or not
Two types of nonverbal
- Vocal
o All the other sounds that are non-words.
o The change in tone when talking, groans, sigh
- Nonvocal
o Facial expression, gestures, movements
Relations of Nonverbal→Verbal
- Complements
- Regulates
o The urge to talk when someone else is taking and you don’t want to listen
- Substitutes for
- Contradicts
- Illustrates
Methods of nonverbal 8
Paralanguage, objectics, proxemics, orientation, haptics, kinesiscs, oculesis, chronemics
- Paralanguage: where we emphasize words and how we use it
o It’s not what you say but how you say it
o The tone and articulation and vocalization
o The emphasis of words in a sentence can shift the meanings entirely. “I didn’t
steal her purse”
- Objectics: we communicate throughout objects around us
o The appearance, clothing that people will assume by
o Dimond rings and new iPhone to show your wealth
- Proxemics: the use of space and distance and territory to convey meanings
o Animals claim territory
o Intimacy distance (1 foot =12 inches)
▪ Intimate: 0-18’’ inches
▪ Personal: 18’’-4’ inches to foot
▪ Social: 4’-12’ foot
Document Summary
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