Within the study of communications, there are four kinds of communication that are used throughout everyday life. The four categories of messages within communication are...
- verbal/nonvocal messages
- nonverbal/vocal messages
- nonverbal/nonvocal
- verbal/vocal
Verbal/nonvocal messages involve words, but they are not spoken or vocalized. These words may be in the written form.
Nonverbal/vocal messages are vocalizations that do not involve words, or that involve nonspecific words. These messages may include groans or vocalizations, such as "uh."
Nonverbal/nonvocal messages are gestures and appearances which do not involves sounds. Some examples of these messages may be a high five or a hand wave.
Verbal/Vocal messages involve spoken word communication.
According to www2.andrews.edu, "nonverbal communications involves those nonverbal stimuli in a communication setting that are generated by both the source [speaker] and his or her use of the environment and that have potential message value for the source or receiver [listener]." Throughout society, there are many different types of nonverbal communications, such as the three types mentioned above (nonverbal/vocal, verbal/nonvocal, nonverbal/nonvocal). More specific examples include ...
- touch
- glance
- eye contact (gaze)
- volume
- vocal nuance
- proximity
- gestures
- facial expressions ? pause (silence)
- intonation
- dress
- posture
- smell
- word choice and syntax
- sounds (paralanguage)
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