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Nonverbal CommunicationPRIVATE

Introduction to Communication, 10/29/18

1. Some characteristics of nonverbal communication

2. What is nonverbal communication?

definition : nonverbal communication designates all those human responses which are NOT described as overtly manifested words (either spoken or written). (Knapp)

3. Kinds of nonverbal communication

Proxemics: Use of space

public conversations:

informal/business conversations: casual conversations:

intimate conversations:

Haptics: Use of touch

Kinesics: body movements

-eye gaze

-emblems

-illustrators

-baton signals

-tie-signs

Physique

-stereotypes associated with body type(somatype)

ectomorph

mesomorph

endomorph

-dress

-facial expressions

Chronemics: use of time

-timing

-timelines

4. Relationship between verbal and nonverbal communication

repeat; contradict; substitute for; complement; accent; regulate

5. The Rules