Symbols Of Verbal Communication

At first when I consider of communication, I just consider conversations to be with one or a few other people, but communication is much more than just that. Communication is formally defined as the simultaneous sharing and creating meaning through human symbolic interaction. (Seiler, Beall, 2005) Communication must involve a “we”, the word communication comes from the Latin pre-fix co-, which means with or together and the root word munia, which means sharing, communication is sharing together. (Edwards, Edwards, Wahl, & Myers, 2013) We are constantly communicating in some form with another, whether it is verbally or nonverbally we are at all times sending out and receiving messages from others. Verbal communication involves the use of language; you verbally communicate by speaking with a system of words that represent symbols. Symbols convey meaning and characterize ideas, people, places or concepts. (Edwards, Edwards, Wahl, & Myers, 2013) Nonverbal communication is more of a broad concepts, it is defined as …show more content…
Before going off to college, we were able to hang out daily, now we have our conversations mostly through the internet on Skype and Google Hangout. Since we are both in college, we are not able to talk as much as we were able to in High School, so presently we schedule our skype calls in advance. It is hard for us to find a time that works for both of us, but we are committed to making time for each other and staying involved in one another’s life. Lana’s roommate was in her room, so Lana ended up taking my Skype call in her bathroom. I too had a friend, Courtney, in my room at the time, but she was just spending time in my room to avoid her roommate. I did not worry much in regards to her overhearing what I was saying, in that the majority of what I was going to tell Lana, I also told my friend