“Nonverbal communication tends to provide the context of verbal communication and has the power to disambiguate or invalidate the content of linguistics expressions“–Krippendorff. Discuss and provide relevant evidence to justify your arguments.

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

Communication is very important to us as we need to give and receive any types of information to move on with our daily routines. Yet, communication is significant with language. The significance here is that language is the medium of interaction to form a communication. Language varies according to place and culture and as well as the background. A good language alone uncertainly provides an effective communication to happen in the society. If the sender sends incorrect information, it would not become an effective communication.

2.0 DISCUSSION

Klaus Krippendorff came out with a famous mind-set which links communication and language. Nevertheless, based on his statement, there are many parts can be broken up to be discussed. Let us see, first , non-verbal communication that has two functions which are it tends to provide the context of verbal communication and the second function is it has the power to disambiguate or invalidate the content of linguistics expressions.

Secondly, in Krippendorff's quote here, there are certain words which we can further break open and understand the quote better. Those words are: nonverbal communication, verbal communication, disambiguate and invalidate.

What is nonverbal and verbal communication? Nonverbal communication is a type of communication where spoken and written way of communication is not being used. Topping up with that, nonverbal communication involves facial expressions, eye contact, and tone of voice, body posture and even motions and positioning oneself in a group. G. W. Porter stated that nonverbal communication is divided into 4 main categories. [1: http://www.zeromillion.com/business/management/non-verbal-communication.html]

Physical

Aesthetic

Signs

Symbols

As I mentioned earlier nonverbal communication does not involve spoken and written way of communication therefore, the face, and body movement, plus shapes and signs and even colours are being used to resent a statement. Physical here means it involves personal way of...