ACTIVITY

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what is
NONVERBAL
COMMUNICATION ?
It is words
neither written
nor spoken.(RUESCH & KEES,
1956)
Nonverbal communication is the
transfer of meaningful
information
from one person to another by
means other than written or
spoken language.
(VAUGHAN & HOGG, 1998)
CATEGORIES
1. Sign Language
2. Action Language
3. Object Language
1. SIGN LANGUAGE
codes in which numbers, words, and
punctuation signs are replaced by gesture
2. ACTION LANGUAGE
encompasses all movements that are not used
exclusively as signals but can make a statement
to those who perceive them
3. OBJECT LANGUAGE
embraces all intentional and non-
intentional display of material things on
the human body and whatever clothes it
DIMENSIONS
1. Body motion /
*according to
Kinesics
Knapp (1972:5)

2. Physical Characteristics
3. Touching Behavior /
Haptics
4. Paralanguage
5. Proxemics
6. Artifacts
7. Environmental Factors
DIMENSIONS *according to
Joseph de Vito

1. Body Communication
(gestural, facial, eye, and touch communication)

2. Space Communication
(proxemics, territoriality, aesthetics and colors)

3. Silence, Paralanguage and Temporal

Communication
7 PRINCIPLES
OF NONVERBAL
MESSAGES
PRINCIPLES
1. Contextual
2. Whole
3. Always Communicates
4. Rule-governed
5. Motivated
6. More Credible than Verbal
Behavior
7. Metacommunicational
1. CONTEXTUAL
nonverbal communication cannot be
isolated from its context
2. WHOLE
all parts of the human body work
together to express a particular
meaning
3. ALWAYS COMMUNICATES
regardless of what one does or does not
do, his/her nonverbal behavior always says
something to someone
4. RULE-GOVERNED
it follows rules embedded on social
culture and social norms
5. MOTIVATED
all nonverbal behaviors occur with some
reason, identifiable or not
6. MORE CREDIBLE
when nonverbal behavior contradicts or
opposes verbal behavior, we tend to rely
more on
nonverbal behavior
7. METACOMMUNICATIONAL
how the communicator is sending out
these verbal messages, by reinforcing or
contradicting
ACTIVITY
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CATEGORIES OF
NONVERBAL
COMMUNICATION
CATEGORIES
1. Body Motion / Kinesic
2. Physical Characteristics
3. Touching Behavior / Haptics
4. Paralanguage
5. Proxemics
6. Artifacts
7. Environmental Factors
1. BODY MOTION / KINESICS
a. EMBLEMS
nonverbal acts with direct verbal translation
or dictionary definition
 c. AFFECT
b. ILLUSTRATORS DISPLAYS
reveals affective, or
to illustrate what is emotional state by facial
said verbally cues
d. regulate the back-and-
REGULATORS e. ADAPTORS
forth nature of speaking a given situation with
and listening between two conditions that triggered
people them
2. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
non-moving or static; outward appearance
3. TOUCHING BEHAVIOR / HAPTICS
touch conveys a whole array of emotions
or affective states
 4. PARALANGUAGE
Knapp simply puts this as how something
is said and not what is said.

2 COMPONENTS:
Voice Vocalizations
Qualitiespitch range, pitch
control, rhythm control, ~Vocal Characterizers
tempo, articulation ~Voice Qualifiers
control, resonance, glottis
control, and vocal lip ~Vocal Segregates
control
5. PROXEMICS
the study of how man uses his personal
and social space in relation to others
6. ARTIFACTS
these are objects or things in contact
with the interactants that may serve as
nonverbal stimuli
7. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
elements in the surroundings where
interaction occurs. Traces of action belong
to
this category as well.
 FUNCTIONS OF
NONVERBAL
COMMUNICATION
FUNCTIONS
1. Repeating
2. Contradicting
3. Substituting
4. Complementing
5. Accenting
6. Relating and Regulating
1. REPEATING
repetition of the verbal message
2. CONTRADICTING
nonverbal behavior contradicts or
opposes verbal behavior
3. SUBSTITUTING
nonverbal behavior can alternate for
verbal behavior
4. COMPLEMENTING
nonverbal behavior serves to modify or
elaborate on verbal messages
5. ACCENTING
to stress, emphasize or make a verbal
point stronger
6. RELATING AND REGULATING
maintain and control or regulate the
communication flow between two or more
persons
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