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This document discusses the different types of non-verbal communication, including body language, eye contact, touch, proxemics, paralangue, and turn-taking. Body language includes gestures, body position, facial expressions, and dress. Eye contact provides social and emotional cues. Touch is culturally determined regarding what body parts can be touched. Proxemics refers to personal space between individuals. Paralangue involves vocal sounds and qualities. Turn-taking conventions differ between cultures in terms of interruptions and periods of silence.

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Non-Verbal Comm Paper

This document discusses the different types of non-verbal communication, including body language, eye contact, touch, proxemics, paralangue, and turn-taking. Body language includes gestures, body position, facial expressions, and dress. Eye contact provides social and emotional cues. Touch is culturally determined regarding what body parts can be touched. Proxemics refers to personal space between individuals. Paralangue involves vocal sounds and qualities. Turn-taking conventions differ between cultures in terms of interruptions and periods of silence.

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NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION PAPER

BY:

RENDYZA NANCY INDRIAZWARI NIM. 1902109060P

RIFA VEBRI LIYANA NIM. 1902109067P

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH TEACHING

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITAS PGRI MADIUN

2020
CHAPTER V

NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION

Communication is the transfer of information from one person to another. In


other word we can say communication as the exchange of ideas, information, etc.
between two or more people. There are three major types of communication,
namely visual, verbal or dialog, and von-verbal communication.

Visual communication, as the name suggests, is communication through


visual aids. It is the transmission of ideas and information in forms that can be read
or looked upon.

Dialog or verbal communication is a conversation between two or more


entities in which they use their speech organs to convey a message.

Non-verbal communication is the process of communicating through


sending and receiving wordless messages. Non-verbal communication can be
divided into 4 parts namely body language (kinesics), eye contact (oculistics),
touch (haptics), body distance (proxemics), paralangue, and turn taking.

A. Body Language (Kinesics)


Body language is a significant aspect of modern communications and
relationships. Body language, and more technically the study of body
language, is also known as kinesics, which is derived from the Greek word
kinesis, meaning motion. This includes body movement, body position,
facial expression, as well as dress.
1. Body Movement (gesture)
The most familiar categories of body language are the so-called
emblems or quotable gestures. These are conventional, culture-
specific body language that can be used as replacement for words,
such as the handwave used in the U.S. for "hello" and "goodbye".
Body languages are a crucial part of everyday conversation such as
chatting, describing a route, or negotiating prices on a market etc.
2. Body Position
In some culture someone should be careful to avoid exposing
certain parts of their body. In Arab cultures, for example, the sole
of the foot is considered dirty, and should never be shown, so
anyone can adopt the local custom of sitting on the floor, for
instance, has to take care to avoid doing this.
3. Facial Expressions
Facial expressions usually communicate emotions. The
expressions tell the attitudes of the communicator. It is now
generally accepted that certain basic facial expressions of human
emotion are recognized around the world - and that the use and
recognition of these expressions is genetically inherited rather than
socially conditioned or learned.
4. Dress
Even the way people dress for business differs widely across
cultures. Wearing formal clothes in all over the world means
person is going to an interview, workplace, celebration, or a place
where some highranking people are present. Wearing informal
clothes in all over the world means that the person is going to a
friendly party, BBQ or an informal place.
B. Eye Contact (Oculistics)
Eye contact is the meeting of the eyes between two individuals. In
humans, eye contact is a form of nonverbal communication and has a large
influence on social behavior. The study of eye contact is sometimes known
as Oculistics. Eye contact provides a way in which one can study social
interactions, as it provides indications of social and emotional information.

C. Touch (Haptics)
Touch is culturally determines but each culture has a clear concept of
what parts of the body one may not touch. Basic message of touch is to
affect or control — protect, support, disapprove (i.e. hug, kiss, hit, kick).
Here are some examples:
a) In USA, handshake is common (even for strangers).
b) Islamic and Hindu: typically don’t touch with the left hand.
c) Many Asians don’t touch the head (Head houses the soul and a touch
puts it in jeopardy).

D. Body Distance/Space (Proxemics)


Proxemics or personal space is defined as (the study of) the amount of
space that people find comfortable between themselves and others. People
are usually more comfortable standing closer to family members than to
strangers.

E. Paralangue
It is not only words that convey message, but also a range of other
factors, such as:
a) vocal characterizers -laugh, cry, yell, moan, whine, belch, yawn- send
different messages in different cultures.
b) vocal qualifiers such as volume, pitch, rhythm, tempo, and tone have
different meaning.
c) vocal segregates such as ―uh-huh, shh, uh, ooh, mmmh, humm, eh,
mah, nahh‖ indicate formality, acceptance, assent, uncertainty, and
also controlling conversation.

F. Turn – taking
In normal, civilized Western-type of conversation, speakers do not
speak all the time, they wait for their “turn”.
On the one hand, there are natural breaks in every conversation; a
speaker has to pause for breath, or runs out things to say, or simply declares
his or her contribution to be finished.
The way that turn-taking works in a conversation, and the role of
silence, differ between cultures. In some it is acceptable, and even desirable
to interrupt, whereas in some others it is normal to wait for your partner to
finish speaking before making your point. In some cultures, a period of
silence is accepted as the norm.

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