Non Verbal Communication And Nonverbal Communication

Gestures: Gestures such as waving, pointing, and using fingers to indicate signals are commonly used in our daily life. These are deliberate movement used to convey signals without uttering a word. Gestures varies as per professions, cultures, nations, person etc.For an instance if waving my hand towards my friends

Kinesics in communication does not only have to do with facial expressions, however – it also includes body movement, posture, and gesture (Dynel, 2011). A communicator can manipulate their body in ways that can potentially exaggerate whatever it is

Gestures are ways of communicating with others using our body. For example, we use our hands to wave, which is another way of saying hello.

Gestures provide one of the most obvious cases of cross-cultural differences in nonverbal communication. In South Italy gesture use is prominent and many gestures are conventional. These include ‘pragmatic’ gestures that indicate type of speech act or aspects of discourse structure and ‘substantive’ gestures that express utterance content (Kendon, n.d.). The examples of conventional ‘pragmatic’ gestures are the Mano a borsa(‘purse hand’) and the Mani giunte (‘praying hands’) are well known and have recognition as ‘quotable gestures’ or ‘emblems’. They express the illocutionary intent of the spoken utterances associated with them. The second two relate to discourse structure: The Finger Bunch, which is similar to the ‘purse hand’ in form, marks ‘topic’ as distinct from ‘comment’; the Ring, in which the tips of the index finger and thumb are brought into contact forming a circle, marks the ‘locality’ of a unit in relation to the theme. Emblems, in particular, tend to differ by culture. Emblems are gestures that substitute for language. Examples of emblems include waving hand to say “hello” or “goodbye”, nodding to say “yes”, putting your hand out so that someone stops, and more. Those are the examples of emblems in the United States.

A few days ago I took a trip to my local mall and took a seat at the food court. My objective was to observe individuals engaging in non-verbal communication and document what I witnessed. After only a few minutes I became aware of a couple sitting within public distance, about 15-20ft away from me. They were having an argument about how the male was being cold and unaffectionate. While observing them I realized they were using various gestures while arguing. I will inform you of what type they were and what they were conveying.

(You may ask people from other countries/and or conduct your own web search or library search for answers). Some suggested countries/cultures to research might be: Italy, Japan, China, Greece, and the Middle East (10 points)

Gestures. This can communicate feelings and helps people to be understood. Arms and hands are moved to accompany what people say and add emphasis to what is being said. Gestures can be emphatic or descriptive.

Another form of non-verbal communication the author witnessed was the use of gestures and hand movements. (Stretch, 2010) Suggested that the use of hand movements will help the listener to understand what the other person is saying. Andy and Jonathan appeared to have an understanding of the conversation as they were replying to each other, smiling and nodding their heads throughout the interview.

1. Europeans, Italians in particular like to use a lot of hand gestures when they are excited and happy. This is generally accompanied by lots of smiles and laughter. As happiness is contagious in most instances, interaction with an individual like this would make me feel that it was a comfortable experience.

Mouth movements made in sign language are a lightly explored area in the linguistic study of American Sign Language. In the first

Mehrabian and Wiener (1967) discovered that the percentage of our communication with others include words which account for 7 %, tone of voice account for 38% and body language accounts for 55%. Body language is the highest percentage because it plays a role in helping individuals clarify a message. The sending and receiving of body language signals happens on conscious and unconscious levels. It is essential that one is able to understand how to read the nonverbal messages of others. Your own body language reveals your feelings and meanings to others. Within 30 seconds you can make a charming or alarming impression, according to Gloria Starr of Global Success Strategies, Inc. Therefore, body language can create barriers between people of different cultures and genders which include, but not limited to: avoiding eye contact, crossing one’s arms, and making rapid, nervous or jerky movements and hand gestures. In this paper, the role of non verbal communication between gender and ethnicity is investigated. It will outline studies and research articles pertaining to body language and give enough evidence to support the research question.

In this paper, I argue that it’s important to account for the role that the manual modality plays in shaping Silent Gestures, before making inferences about language.

Gesture is the natural, nonverbal way that human can use to communicate with each other, and recently interface with computers and devices in order to have control upon them besides conventional input devices such as keyboard, mouse, and joystick. In general, gestures can be categorized into static and dynamic.

Gestures facilitate communication, but also, because they differ around the world and within different cultures, they can lead to embarrassment, misunderstanding or worse. To get along in another culture it is important to earn their gestures. If you do not you may very well misunderstand much of what is happening and possibly offend people. (Henslin, pg. 45).

Using gestures, while communicating cross-culturally, is very risky. Many gestures that one may find acceptable practice in their culture may be very unacceptable or even insulting in another culture.Examples of body gestures include instinctively beckoning to a waiter, and initiating a business presentation with visual signals to greet people. In Thailand, people snap their fingers to call a waiter over to request their bill whereas