What does communication mean ?

What are the different codes we use to communicate?

5 Primary systems of communication

Verbal

Prosodic

Raralinguistic

Kinestic

Standing Features

Understanding human Language

Language and social indenty

Codes withing language

Language variety

Structural features of language

Register - non-formal vs formal choice of words Dialect - a particulate form of a language which is peculator to a specific social-group
*Accent - distinctive pronunciation which characterizes a group

All the word we use for speaking and writing

All the stress pitch patterns we use in speech to punctuate and make its meaning clear

All the pauses and other sounds that are not real word and which do not have a clear linguistic function

The ways we use and move our bodies in communications

It's a non-verbal features such as orientation

You can see the importance of language as a symbol of boarder social identities

We need to review both what we communicate and how we do it Establish the appropriate relationship as well as convey the appropriate information

Other business codes

Expanding and developing vocabulary Multiple meanings of word
Variety of pronunciation Variety in spelling
Flexible syntax Speaking vs writing

Graphic codes are used to avoid problems associated with communication.

Numerical and mathematical conventions and systems can be analysed as examples of communication.

Non-verbal codes

Non-verbal communication cannot be avoided

Much non-verbal communication is culture

Non-Verbal messages can be very important

Non-verbal codes may contradict the verbal