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    Of Mice and Men

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    of makeup‚ preposterous‚ ridiculous in context Red lips  sexual‚ flirtatious “Her finger nails were red.”  repeated red image  provocative “. . . red mules . . . bouquets of red ostrich feathers . . .”Repeated red image  provocative Paralinguistic features  unspoken features  emphasises her body  flirtatious “Leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward”  Suggestive‚ provocative “Nobody can’t blame a person for looking.”  ambiguous “She was suddenly apprehensive

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    Personal Idiolect Report

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    This has probably derived from my desire of a fast paced conversation. However‚ they encouraged my use of my body language; face gestures (paralinguistic language as they believed it showed that I was interested whereas my use of phatic language did not leave me to an open conversation. After several people I regularly converse with completed a questionnaire bases on my idiolect‚ I found that

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    Explore the way in which power and authority shape spoken language‚ considering it in the light of your own classroom experience. The English language contains many aspects and tools used to gain power and authority when speaking. In a political broadcast interview gaining information and turn-taking is expected. Therefore when Jeremy Paxman‚ the interviewer‚ speaks in a blunt and outspoken way to George Galloway‚ a politician who has just won an election to become a Member of Parliament beating

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    messages they were trying to get across‚ for example‚ Charlie Chaplin movies. Nonverbal communication plays an important role in everyday society and in the business world. Nonverbal ways of communication include facial expression‚ gestures‚ touch‚ paralinguistics (voice)‚ body language‚ eye contact‚ and appearance. Facial expressions play a big role in nonverbal communication. First‚ facial expressions are used to emphasize specific words or phrases when people are talking. According to Susan Heathfield

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    Analyse some short extracts from transcripts of people communicating using digital media. Explore the features that show these written communications are close to spoken language and the attitudes that different people have to the effects of these new hybrid languages. Over the last two decades‚ with the explosive use of mobile phones‚ texting has developed into a multi-modal ‘language’ or ‘hybrid language’ in its own right‚ containing elements of spoken language. Such forms of communication act

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    Four Non Verbalcues

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    According to experts a substantial portion of our communication is nonverbal. Every day‚ we respond to thousands of nonverbal cues and behaviours including postures‚ facial expressions‚ eye gaze‚ gestures‚ and tone of voice. Burgon‚ Buller and Woodall [1996]‚ define nonverbal behaviour as typically sent with intent‚ are used with regularity among members of the social community‚ are typically interpreted as intentional‚ and have consensually recognised interpretations. From our handshakes to our

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    Non Verbal Communication

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    Nonverbal behavior supplements or replaces verbal communication and serves many functions. The principles that envelope nonverbal communication include: supplementing the message‚ regulating the interaction‚ establishing the nature of the relationship‚ and reflecting cultural values. Supplementing the message involves emphasizing a message through volume and hugging to reaffirm the message. Regulating the conversation involves the knowledge of understanding when and when not to talk. Establishing

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    eye contact is viewed positively as a signal of confidence‚ warmth and attentiveness (Pearson‚ 2010).” Her eye contact was short after she couldn’t understand them. Verbally she was short‚ and seemed annoyed. The second thing I noticed was the paralinguistic features; the non-word sounds and non-word characteristics of language‚ such as pitch‚ volume‚ rate‚ and quality (Pearson‚ 2010). The overall features changed from friendly to frustration when the two people couldn’t communicate with their server

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    charge and is clearly showing her superiority and not with something like ‘Hello’. The response to the teacher from Jordan is rather informal; however there were no uses of omission or contraction. We can tell that it is informal by the paralinguistic features shown later on in the conversation. For example‚ “[Jordan sighs]” and “[Jordan starts texting]” These features are showing that he is not really taking in what the teacher is telling him and that he would rather be doing something else

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    examines kinds of gesture which usually used‚ the cultures that affect its meaning and the influence of gender toward women’s and men’s gesture in communication. Keywords: nonverbal language‚ gesture‚ body language‚ artifactual‚ proxemics‚ paralinguistic‚ olfaction‚ tactile‚ kinesics‚ iconic gesture‚ and metaphoric gesture. INTRODUCTION People always do communicate with others in daily life. In doing communication‚ people have some purposes such as to get what they need and to share

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