Language contact

also complement the spoken word, an example being that you point in a certain direction when you say that you are going to school right now. This not only tells you where you're going verbally, but also tells the direction you're going using body language. An example with using facial expressions to reinforce verbal communication, is when we emphasize our emotions with them. When we are telling a story that makes us really angry, our facial expression (such as having your eyebrows narrowed and…

mean, but we also use nonverbal communication. That is like body language, facial expression, gestures and eye contact. When someone is talking to you, you should make sure you are analyzing all of these and also listening to what they are saying. In this paper I compare the United States vs Honduras in these categories tone of your/others voices, volume your/others voices, space between people who are having a conversation, eye contact, gestures, and professional courtesies. In some of these…

communication in human social interaction. Nonverbal communication is very important in human social interaction. We can use nonverbal communication to show how we are feeling, as well as, see how others are feeling. Based on facial expressions, body language, eye contact, hand gestures, and placement of limbs, we can usually depict someone’s internal emotions that they may or may not be portraying. When we are speaking, although understanding what they are saying and how they are saying it is…

main types of non-verbal communication; however I will touch on three. The main types of universal communications are body language; this can be anything from a smile to a hand shake. The second is voice tones; the tones of our voices can say a lot. Humans are the only specials that communicate with words. The third is intimidation; this is accomplished by a mixture of body language and tones. It is a well-known fact that communication is the basis that all relationships are built on. The human…

Nonverbal Communications also know as the body language is a communiation when people send and recive wordless clues. ‘Non’ means ‘not’ and ‘verbal’ means ‘words’. It includes facial expressions, gestures but also tone of voice. Nonverbal Communication informs about basic emotional states, features of someone’s temperament but it can also inform about someone’s social status, origin, self-esteem and education. To understand nonverbal communication better it should be also known what exactly…

Language is one of the most powerful factors behind the influence of social behavior. Language is used – socially – to transfer information about who we are, where we come from, and who we associate with. One may be shocked to realize just how much we – as a society – tend to judge someone’s background, character, and intentions based solely on an individual’s language, dialect, or even the choice of a single word. The study of language contact focuses on how speakers of differing languages can…

and public” (1993). The intimate zone is considered anything less than three feet but varies depending on what source is used. This zone refers to the zone in which people are intimate, meaning close friends and family, and is used for intimate contact like hugging for example. The informal zone ranges from three to seven feet and is also used between friends and family to interact. The formal zone ranges from seven to twelve feet and is used between business associates and in work settings.…

receive contain both a verbal and non-verbal component (Strong, 2014, p. 231).” These two components are important to conveying messages effectively. Consequently, words communicate the basic content of the message, while, facial expression and body language express the feelings and attitudes of the speaker. In close or important relationships, whether personal or business, it is important to engage with face-to-face interactions in-order-to communicate using both verbal and non-verbal cues.…

the speech, I suddenly noticed that I did not use enough eye contacts as I did for the first speech. I think probably it was because my eye contacts were not too natural, so that I had to use eye contacts very intentionally, which means if I pay a lot attention on other parts of speech, such as, gesture and time management, then I will forget the eye contact part. Then, in the second half of the speech, I started to use more eye contacts to correct my mistake. And I think I used more gestures…

Introduction : In this part, I tried to get everyone’s attention by leading up to my quote with a story which required me to give some background information about myself and the system that students go through to get into a college in Turkey. This was essential, because otherwise, people wouldn’t understand the situation. In this section, Iit was expected to give an overview of preview my speech by telling my main points; however, I couldn’t find a way to do it without breaking the story…