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Intercultural Communication: Verbal and
Non.verbal Communication
Types of communication
Verbal Communication
• Verbal communication is the process of communication
through sending and receiving messages with the use of
words.
• Word is a unit of language that carries meaning and consists
of one or more morphemes which are linked more or less
tightly together, and has a phonetical value
• Nonverbal communication is the process of
communication through sending and
receiving wordless messages.
• Visual communication is the conveyance of
ideas and information in forms that can be
read or looked upon.
• Oral communication is the conveyance of
ideas and information in forms that can be
listened to or spoken
VerbalCommunication Theory of
Language
Theory of Language
• Charles Morris (an influential 20th-
centurysemiotician), the study of
language evolved into three primary
branches:
• 1. Semantics
• 2. Syntactics
• 3. Pragmatics
1. Semantics
• Semantics is the study of the relationship between
words and their referents, or the things designated
• “Words don’t mean; people mean.”
• The meaning of a word is always
determined by a person
• People are not free to use words
however they wish. The society, culture,
and tradition limit what meanings might
be inferred from a term.
• Meanings are not fixed, however, and do
migrate as groups, cultures, and
traditions change in how they use various
words.
2. Syntactics
• Syntactics is the study of
relationships among signs, which in
language involves a focus on how
speech sounds, words, and
structures are organized into larger
segments of meaning . In classical
linguistics, syntax refers to
grammar.
3. Pragmatics
• Pragmatics is the study of signs as
used in actual situations. Pragmatics
looks at even larger levels of meaning
—not just the meaning of words and
sentences, but the intentions and
goals that lie behind a message and
the attributions given to others’
intentions.
Non-verbal communication
• The first scientific study of nonverbal
communication was seen in Charles
Darwin’s book The Expression of the
Emotions in Man and Animals. He
argued that all mammals show emotions
reliably in their faces.
• People make judgments about the nature
and behavior of persons based on their
nonverbal and visual cues rather than on
their verbal communication.
Why to Study Non-Verbal
Communication
• “Some of the most impressive and
enlarging communication you will
ever experience will not involve
words at all.” –fujishin
• We tend to communicate most of
our feelings, attitudes and beliefs
nonverbally
Preview
• Why to Study Non-Verbal
Communication
• Definintion of nonverbal
communication
• Principles of nonverbal
communication
• Types of nonverbal communication
• Nineteen nonverbal bridges to
others
WHY STUDY NON VERBAL
COMMUNICATION
• Why learn about nonverbal
communication?
• Nonverbal communication is
the primary way we
communicate feelings and
attitudes.
• People respond and adapt to
others through nonverbal
messages
INTERACTION ADAPTATION THEORY
• Theory suggesting that people interact with others by adapting
to their communication behaviors
DEFINITION OF NONVERBAL
COMMUNICATION
• All communication that is not spoken or written is nonverbal
communication
CONTENT V. RELATIONSHIP
DIMENSIONS OF COMMUNICATION
• NV is primary source of relationship cues
thoughts."
END OF PRESENTATION