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How do we communicate without using words?I am doing this project on how people communicate with others without using words, and i want to know all the ways they can.
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The most common way to communicate without using words is through the use of non-verbal communication. Non-verbal communication takes facial expressions and looks at the meaning transferred...
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Another way we communicate without words is by the intentional use of silence. Perhaps we screen the calls of people we are angry with; perhaps we stare across the table in stony silence...
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To be really obvious, we can use touch to communicate. When we punch someone, we communicate hatred. When we hug them, we communicate affection.
On a more subtle note, we can...
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Art provides another medium for non-verbal communication. Paintings can convey emotions based on use of color and form as well as whatever might actually be represented. Sculpture can be...
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If anyone has a pet for long, he or she understands how effective non-verbal communication can be. Not only do pets communicate efficiently without saying a word, but they can actually become...
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I have to disagree with post 6 about sign-language. Usually, sign-language is considered a form of verbal communication. The signs represent specific words or grammatical concepts. It...
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We say a lot through our eyes to those who can read us. My mother can tell my emotional state without words or touch just by looking into my eyes. Involuntary gestures give us away too.
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"Body language" is the current number one explanation for non-verbal communication. I'm sure you've been exposed to some of the theory: folded arms means you're closed to friendly advances (or...
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Semitoics. That is what i think would best answer your question.Semitiocs as wiki defines it is the study of signs and sign processes indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metapohr, signification, and communication. Verbal communication, facial expressions, body language, visual art all form a part of semiotics.
To understand semiotics better let us take an example of linguistics. When we say H-O-R-S-E we use something to denote something else. This is what we call a 'Signifier' to denote the 'Signified', the warm-blooded mammal we know of.
Again, taking an example from visual arts, whenever we see a soldier on horseback slaying a dragon in a painting we immediately recognize the soldier as being St. George. The legend has been reproduced in paintings since 7th century and again, the Dragon and the soldier on horseback act as the 'Signifier' for the 'Signified' the legend.
Thus, semiotics can help you identify many ways of communication other than the most common verbal communication. The wiki page on semiotics, i think, will really help you in this direction.
i think we can speak three ways without using words which are
1. with our eyes
2. sign language
3. body language
How do we communicate without using words?I am doing this project on how people communicate with others without using words, and i want to know all the ways they can.
People Communicate without using words during a normal day without even realising a common way to find out how someone is feeling is through body language for example if a person is jittery and looking around constantly and touches there own face regulary it is most likely that they are lying .And of course there is sign language for mutes a combination of all ten fingers to portait different words .Also if you look at bees they communicate through movement of the body or 'Dance' Thus there many many ways you can communicate without using sound .
Just a late note, however something I find important to emphasize: non-verbal communication involves at some basic level the agreement between the communicants that such and such gesture means one thing and not something else. Agreement means that all communicants agree to a set of pre-established rules as regards non-verbal communication. It may very well be that these rules are innate in each of us, the way we were born with Linguistic Principles, but it may also very well be that we could create new parameters within the basic system of linguistic acquisition.
How do we communicate without using words?I am doing this project on how people communicate with others without using words, and i want to know all the ways they can.
Non- verbal communication is anything that does not require the written or spoken word. Body language, eye contact, and focus all play huge roles in non-verbal communication.
The best way we can speak without using words seems to be a combination of sign language, body language and with our eyes.
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communication is a process that can be done verbal or non verbal thus if you can't go with the verbal ways you can do it non-verbally by using your hands, body language, gestures, facial expretions, writing, etc.
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