Non-Lexical Component Flashcards
Refers to delivering messages without words
Non-lexical component of communication
5 Non-Lexical Component
- body language
- proxemics
- paralanguage
- presupposition
- cultural and environmental condition
Kind of non-lexical communication where you express ideas or messages using your body.
Body Language
This includes gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, and body stance
Body language
Usually hand or head movements that indicate a specific meaning or support an idea so you can better persuade your audience
Gestures
Body language using facial muscles
Facial expressions
4 techniques for managing facial expressions
- intensify
- de-intensify
- neutralize
- mask
This technique involves using exaggerated facial muscles to show strong emotions
Intensify
This technique involves controlling your feelings because you might hurt someone, or you do not want people to notice how you feel
De-intensify
This technique involves not showing any feelings while talking to somebody
Neutralize
This technique involves wanting to convince somebody to do something; when we ask a favor from that person; or when we do not want to hurt his feelings
Mask
Means looking directly at your audience’s eyes. This is important because it shows that you are interested in knowing who your audience is and how they react to what you are saying
Eye contact
A lack of ____ may show you are uncomfortable with your audience or insincere
eye contact
_____, or how you sit or stand in front of a person or an audience, can relay information about your personality traits
Body stance
___, as coined by hall, refers to the study of people’s use of space as a special elaboration of culture
Proxemics
In non-lexical communication, it is your nearness or closeness to the audience. it is how you, as a speaker, use space when you communicate
Proxemics
According to ____ (1978), personal space if the “invisible, variable volume of space surrounding an individual that defines that individual’s preferred distance from others
Burgoon
According to Burgoon (1978), ____ if the “invisible, variable volume of space surrounding an individual that defines that individual’s preferred distance from others
personal space
4 proxemic zones
- intimate zone (0 - 1.4”)
- personal zone (1.4” - 4”)
- social zone (4” - 12”)
- public zone (12” - infinity
Kind of non-lexical component of communication that you use everyday, sometime consciously and other times unconsciously
Paralanguage
3 groups of paralanguage
- vocal characterizers
- vocal qualifiers
- vocal segregates
Include the vocal aspect of the following actions: yawning, whispering, snoring, yelling, laughing, smiling, crying, moaning, groaning, sucking, sneezing, sighing, and hiccups
Vocal characterizers
Include tone, tempo, rhythm, pitch, volume, intensity, and extent
Vocal qualifiers
Include sounds like “uh-uh”, “mmm”, “uh”, and even silent pauses
Vocal segregates
An assumption of something you believe is implied in an utterance
Presupposition
It is linguistic shorthand
Presupposition
As defined by Merriam-Webster, refers to the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time
Culture
Refer to the strength of the influence of various factors in a particular place or time
Environmental conditions
If lexical component have the structure of the message you would like to convey, the non-lexical component _________
greatly supports and makes (when used correctly) the spoken language clear