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1. Facial expressions
Facial expressions are one of the most important channel of
non- verbal sources of facial information are shape,
pose(orientation), positions of facial features. The structure
of facial non verbal communication is complex.Facial
expressions are manifold and secretive as they try to
conceal true emotions and merely express acted emotions.
Majority opinion is that these do have similar meanings
world-wide with respect to smiling, crying, or showing
anger, sorrow, or disgust, joy disgust fear and shame .

2. • The majority of our feelings and
intentions are sent through
nonverbal communication using
body language, gestures,
postures, proximity, hepatics,
and facial expressions.

3. Paralanguage is the exception to the definition
of nonverbal communication.. Paralanguage
Involves verbal and nonverbal aspects of
speech that influence meaning, including tone,
intensity, pausing, and silence. a silence
between verbal messages is full of meaning.

5. Primary functions of non verbal communication
Express
emotions
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6. Touch
Question: Why do we touch, where do we touch, and
what meanings do we assign when someone else
touches us?
Touch in communication interaction is
called haptics
Types of Touch
. Functional-Professional Touch2. Social-Polite
Touch3. Friendship-Warmth Touch4. Love-Intimacy
Touch5. Sexual-Arousal Touch

7. Characteristics of nonverbal communication
Non verbalmessages primarilyommunicate emotions,
pprimarilyprimarilcommunicate emotions, attitudes
.
Non-verbal cues substitute for, contradict, emphasize
or regulate verbal message.
Non-verbal cues are often ambiguous.
Non-verbal cues are continuous.
Non-verbal cues are more reliable.
Non-verbal cues are culture bound.
Non-verbal behaviour always has communicative
value.
Non-verbal communication is powerful.