Verbal communication words

Vocal non-verbal communication includes the tone, pitch, volume, accent, speed, etc. and this is known as paralanguage. In other words it ain t what you say it s the way that you say it. ... 

The written word is no replacement for verbal communication. Many patients prefer to be told in person about their medication and often... 

Individuals communicate with each other in sort of a code. you can unlock this code, they will believe you truly understand them. When, you match someone s coding system verbally using words from the representational system of their choice, they don t have to re-code to make sense of it. If you know that saying the sounds Sit B. Oey would give you the result of having an animal coordinate his bottom to the floor, you wouldn t care if the words made any sense. The dog doesn t have to know that it is correctly spelled Sit. Boy. In fact, he doesn t even care it isn t a proper sentence. He doesn t know that sit is a verb and a command. All he knows is that those sounds have a code that makes sense to him. Therefore, when you choose the same code as the person speaking, no internal translation has to take place, and your communication is effective. 

Informally we can describe prosody as the part of human communication which expresses emotion, emphasises words, shows speaker attitude, breaks a sentence into phrases, governs sentence rhythm and controls the intonation, pitch or tune of the utterance. This chapter describes how to predict prosodic form from the text while Chapter 9 goes on to describe how to synthesize the acoustics of prosodic from these form representations. In this chapter we first we introduce the various manifestations of prosody in terms of phrasing, prominence and intonation. Next we go on to describe how prosody is used in communication, and in particular explain why this has a much more direct affect on the final speech patterns than with verbal communication. Finally we describe techniques for predicting what prosody should be generated from a text input. 

Semantically, the boy s vocabulary of words understood and words used has developed very slowly. He is able to use about 100 words. His motivation towards spontaneus verbal communication, has been encouraged by his family this has been another factor leading to improvement. 

Face to face communication has the advantage that it allows feedback and adjustment of the message based on the response. It is also friendlier and less formal. However it is less easy to control because it is interactive. It is important to remember that it consists of two elements, verbal and non-verbal. The words seem dominant and must indeed be chosen appropriately and put over clearly, but the non-verbal clues can either reinforce or destroy their effect. The tone of voice can indicate boredom, the stance friendliness, hand movements nervousness. The very different effect of messages over the telephone and face-to-face demonstrate this point. It is excellent practice for communicators to listen to themselves on tape and watch themselves on video to see and correct these elements of their style. 

A fundamental problem for many workers and even some supervisors was their alienation from the written word. Managers and safety representatives were particularly aware that their staff were not always comfortable with the written word, perhaps being reluctant or finding it difficult to read, especially if they perceived the information available to be uninterestingly presented. These criticisms led to a preference for more verbal communication about health and safety ... 

Verbal communication is the most common. It is communication by speech or word of mouth. Verbal communication should only be used for relatively simple pieces of information or instruction. It is most commonly used in the workplace, during training sessions or at meetings. 

The meaning of a sign (other than verbal communication) must not rely on words. However, a sign may be supplemented with words to reinforce the message provided the words do not in fact distract from the message or create a danger. 

In contrast, the listener receives spoken communication as multi-channel input, as Figure 3.2 illustrates. The speaker sends, intentionally or unintentionally, and the listener receives a three-component message (Decker 1992). The components of your spoken message are 1) verbal, the words you use 2) vocal, how you use your voice to say the words and 3) visual, your facial and body expressions and motion and the visual aides you use as you speak. What is the relative input of the three Vs of spoken communication Research suggests (e.g., Atkinson 2007, Restak and Kim 2010) that the visual is at least as important as the verbal. Plan your spoken presentations accordingly. Explicitly plan for and use the verbal, vocal, and visual components of spoken communication, and place appropriate emphasis on each. 

Verbal and non-verbal communication govern our personal relationship with the outside world - with everybody else. Until a reliable form of telepathy is developed, whatever message we want to send or receive to others has to be by word of mouth directly, written, or by gesture and appearance - involving the five senses. Sometimes there can be conflicts between the forms of the message. A verbal instruction from a foreman to wear safety shoes, when the foreman is not doing so himself, causes confusion. 

Verbal and non-verbal behaviour The use of gestures, posture, eye contact and space combined with the vocabulary and actual words and labels for concepts may generate communication difficulty... 

The above examination of communication in the abstract has of course been leading us to an explanation of how human communication operates. Taking spoken communication first, let us make a primary distinction between the two main aspects of this, which we shall call the verbal component and the prosodic component We use the term verbal to mean the part of human communication to with words. In some books, the term verbal and language are synonymous, but because language has so many other, potentially confusable meanings, we will stick with the... 

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