Non Verbal Communication

Non Verbal Communication

Nonverbal communication (NVC) is the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless messages.

We can communicate through gesture; body language or posture; facial expression and eye contact.

Object communication occurs through clothing, hairstyles or even architecture and symbols.

Speech contains nonverbal elements known as paralanguage which includes voice quality, emotion, speaking style and prosodic features such as rhythm, intonation and stress.

Written text has nonverbal elements such as handwriting style, spatial arrangement of words, or the use of emoticons.

 

Much of the study of nonverbal communication has focused on face-to-face interaction, where it can be classified into three principal areas:

Environmental conditions where communication takes place

Physical characteristics of the communicators

Behavior of communicators during interaction.

Non Verbal Communications

Accenting 

Complementing 

Contradicting 

Deception 

Emblems 

Regulating 

Repeating 

Substituting