03-+Non+verbal+language

= **// Non verbal Language. //** =



In everyday life you can find that almost 75% of the information we obtain in

our interactions comes from non verbal language.

There are many Sciences that study the meaning of those movements:

//** 1. PROXEMICS **//

Study the way people construct and manage “microspace” the distance

between themselves and others in ordinary daily life. We get closed to people or

get away from them. It gives us the clues to interpret our feeling towards the

others

Through proxemics we know the existence of the CONFORT ZONE

• Intimate

• Good friends

• Acquaintances

• General public

//** 2. KINETICS **//

Study the nonverbal coding systems of body activity as related to human communication.




 * // 3. SEMIOTICS //**

It’s the science that seeks to understand how Natural or constructed signs and

symbols function as a communication medium

Through semiotics we could differentiate __ SIGNS __

• Units of nonverbal communication

• Gestures

• Movements

• Face expression

• Any movement that convey information.

from __ CUE/s __

• Nonverbal signs used to prompt an event, behaviour or experience

or __ SIGNAL __

• Used to inform as to what will happen, a hint or warning. __ //THE MOST COMMON NONVERBAL SIGNS ARE:// __

__ Emblems __

Gestures with precise meaning known by a culture

__ Illustrators __

Gestrures that enhance verbal messages.

__ Adaptors __

Help a person adapt release tension, also called “manipulators”. Hands are

used vey often ( scratch, touch, smood..)

__ Regulators __

Used to regulate, manage or control a conversation.

Turn taking, control the conversation

__ Affect displayers __

Facial expressions showing emotions

__ Micro-expressions __

But we also use sounds associated to words to convey meaning. Those sounds

work on their own, even if we do not understand the words/ sentences those

associated sounds will help us to create the context, imagine what the speaker

want to say and predict a future response. This is known as PARALANGUAGE.

__ //The most common ones are// __ :

__ Qualifiers __

volume, inflection, pitch, pacing, tone, melodiousness.

__ Characterizers __

sounds, sights, mumbling, groans, whines, yawning, laughing, cryings ( show

character, emotions, and sensations)

__ Segregates __

Fillers in speech, Pauses, silence or sounds: Oh! Ah-ah!, like-a, sh, Uhuh!..