Lecture 5: NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

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  • Non-verbal communication is a system consisting of a range of features often used together to aid expression.
  • The combination of these features is often a subconscious choice made by native speakers or even sub-groups/sub-cultures within a language group. The main components of the system are:
  • Kinesics (body language) includes body motions such as shrugs, foot tapping, drumming fingers, eye movements like winking, facial expressions, and gestures.
  • Haptics refers to touch.
  • Oculesics is the study of eye contact.
  • Olfactics is the study of smell.
  • Chronemics is the study of the use of time.
  • Proxemics is the study of the use of space to signal privacy or attraction.
  • Paravocalics or Vocalics refers to the tone of voice, timbre, volume, speed.
  • Sound symbols include grunting, mmm, er, ah, uh-huh, mumbling.
  • Silence can refer to pausing, waiting, or secrecy.
  • Posture refers to the position of the body or stance.
  • Adornment includes clothing, jewelry, and hairstyle.
  • Locomotion can refer to walking, running, staggering, or limping.
  • Kinesics (body language) includes body motions such as shrugs, foot tapping, drumming fingers, eye movements like winking, facial expressions, and gestures.
  • Haptics refers to touch.
  • Oculesics is the study of eye contact.
  • Olfactics is the study of smell.
  • Chronemics is the study of the use of time.
  • Proxemics (proximity) is the study of the use of space to signal privacy or attraction.
  • Paravocalics/Vocalics refers to the tone of voice, timbre, volume, speed.
  • Sound symbols include grunting, mmm, er, ah, uh-huh, mumbling.
  • Silence can refer to pausing, waiting, or secrecy.
  • Posture refers to the position of the body and stance.
  • Adornment includes clothing, jewelry, and hairstyle.
  • Locomotion can refer to walking, running, staggering, or limping.
  • Emotional awareness strengthens nonverbal communication by enabling us to accurately read other people, recognize their emotions, and understand the true feelings behind the cues they are sending.
  • Emotional awareness helps create trust in relationships by sending nonverbal signals that match up with your words.
  • Emotional awareness allows us to respond in ways that show others that we understand, notice, and care.
  • Emotional awareness helps us know if the relationship is meeting our emotional needs, giving us the option to either repair the relationship or move on.