Explaining Nonverbal Verbal

Paralanguages
and
Explaining Verbal
Miscommunication

LANGUANGE OF FLOWER
 BARRIERS TO VERBAL COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE OF COLORS 1. PEOPLE
LANGUAGE OF TIME (Chronemics) 2. TOPIC
LANGUAGE OF SPACE (Proxemics) 3. COMMUNICATIVE SITUATION
LANGUAGE OF TOUCH (Haptics) 4. SPEAKER and the LISTENER
LANGUAGE OF GESTURES
FACIAL EXPRESSION
POSTURE AND PERSONAL APPEARANCE
 EXPLAINING NONVERBAL
VERBAL PARALANGUAGES
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 Is about “HOW” something is said, not what is said.
Words of protest may lose their fire when said in a
meek and soft voice. Tone or voices must match the
content of the message.
LANGUANGE OF FLOWER
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 FLOWERS say for us what we cannot say ourselves.
These meanings are also influenced by culture and
gender. Supposedly, only Filipino men send flowers,
women don’t.
 LANGUAGE OF COLORS
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 Mean something based on the dictates of culture and
gender. Hospitals (and parents) prepare everything
differently for baby boy and baby girls. In Thailand,
only King can wear yellow. Tourists who dare to
wear the royal color are punished.
 LANGUAGE OF TIME
(Chronemics)
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 Shows how time is viewed differently in various
cultures. Filipinos tend to see time as being elastic.
Time in the West is always exact. Time is most often
used in the Philippines to convey how powerful a
person is. European will wait only 5 minutes beyond
an appointed time. Filipinos will wait for someone to
arrive for as long as an hour or even longer.
 LANGUAGE OF SPACE
(Proxemics)
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 The use of space provided us with ideas about how
close or how far people are far from the center of
power or where you are in the social ladder. Houses
of the millionaires are usually huge while middle
class house would be more modest. Hong Kong and
Singapore, living spaces is usually in a high rise
buildings and condominiums.
 LANGUAGE OF TOUCH
(Haptics)
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 The used of touch is one of the most powerful or
Nonverbal Communication. Like flowers, and colors,
it can say what cannot be said by the speaker. What
differentiates among it all other nonverbal
communication is the fact that there is a contact
between a sender and receiver of the message.
LANGUAGE OF GESTURES
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 Are most often used types of nonverbal
Communication. Speech, to be understandable and
interesting to a listener must be accompanied by
different gestures. Hitting the table is a gesture that
interjects force, helping emphasize a point being
made.
 FACIAL EXPRESSION
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 Is the type of nonverbal communication that assists
the listener in understanding the message better. Eye
contact is number one. A frown on the forehead of a
listener may mean that what was said was confusing
or not understandable.
POSTURE AND PERSONAL
APPEARANCE
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 Are the last types of nonverbal Communication.
How a speaker stands or sits, look at the listener, and
acts out or behaves towards a message can affect
how people see him/her as a Speaker. When Speaker
carries himself/herself well and with confidence,
people will want to listen.
 EXPLAINING VERBAL
MISCOMMUNICATION
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 Miscommunication has been observed to occur along
the dimensions of communication. Specifically has a
strong influence on the effectiveness of Nonverbal
Communication. Moreover, in the verbal Dimension,
the words chosen and used for the message and the
context in which they are used also leads to
communication being effective or not.
 BARRIERS TO VERBAL
COMMUNICATION
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 1. PEOPLE- People themselves who participate in an
interaction are the first barrier. They may have
physical infirmities like bad eyesight, poor hearing
or stuttering. They have different personal opinions
and beliefs; they follow cultural more (customs,
values and behaviors) and adhere to societies
attitudes towards gender and sexuality.
 BARRIERS TO VERBAL
COMMUNICATION
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 2. TOPIC - also presents possible barriers to
communication because of its vagueness and
ambiguity, complexity emotional pull and hidden
agenda. To make it clear, simple, restrained and no
ulterior motives or hidden agenda, Speaker must
avoid these qualities in the topic of the Message.
 BARRIERS TO VERBAL
COMMUNICATION
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 3. COMMUNICATIVE SITUATION - first there is
noise in the physical settings and the people who are
participating. Also the listener may have limited
knowledge or experience to form a bases interpreting
and responding a message.

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 BARRIERS TO VERBAL
COMMUNICATION
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 4. SPEAKER and the LISTENER- have opinions and
beliefs that reflect a particular culture and or Specific
gender. GENDER comes into verbal communication.
We tend categorize certain way of speaking and used
of words as being masculine or feminine. Another is
when we react to Communication precisely because
we think they are masculine of feminine.