Four Forms of Nonverbal Communication
KINESICS PARALANGUAGE CLOTHING & ADORNMENT • PROXEMICS

Kinesics

• Head movements • Facial Expressions • Eyes • Gestures • Posture • Body movement • Touch (Haptics) • Smell (Olfactics) • Time (Chronemics)

Kinesics • Emblems = Directly translates into words • Illustrators = Accent, emphasize or reinforce words Regulators = ‘traffic cops’ of conversation • Displays of feelings =Face, body language • Adaptors = ‘Adjustments’ (e.g. crossing of arms when defensive

Paralanguage

• Rate • Speed, Convergence • Pitch • High/low – low more pleasant • Volume • Appropriateness • Quality • Tempo, rhythm, articulation • Vocal Fillers (dysfluencies)

Clothing

• Uniforms • Occupational dress • Leisure clothing • Costumes • Group identification • Display of wealth/status • Display of dominance/threat

Body Adornment

• Physical decoration • Body modification • Hair, face, skin • Indication of sexual modesty • Displays of compensation

Proxemics

• Territory • Intimate distance • Personal distance • Social distance • Public distance

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Managerial Communication MGG1100 (Wk4 Verbal/Non-Verbal Communication) Slide Set on Wk4 Verbal/NonVerbal Communication Lecture, created by Tash_02 on 13/08/2015.

Wk4 Verbal/NonVerbal Communication Lecture