Body language
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'''Body language''' is a type of [[nonverbal communication]] in which physical behaviors, as opposed to words, are used to express or convey information. |
'''Body language''' is a type of [[nonverbal communication]] in which physical behaviors, as opposed to words, are used to express or convey information. |
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Such behavior includes [[facial expression]]s, body posture, [[gesture]]s, eye movement, touch and the use of space. Although body language is an important part of communication, most of it happens without conscious awareness. In social [[communication]], body language often complements verbal communication. Nonverbal communication has a significant impact on doctor-patient relationships, as it affects how open patients are with their doctor. |
Such behavior includes [[facial expression]]s, body posture, [[gesture]]s, [[eye movement]], touch and the use of space. Although body language is an important part of communication, most of it happens without conscious awareness. In social [[communication]], body language often complements verbal communication. Nonverbal communication has a significant impact on doctor-patient relationships, as it affects how open patients are with their doctor. |
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As an unstructured, ungrammatical, and broadly-interpreted form of communication, body language is not a form of [[language]].{{cite book |last1=Marschark |first1=Mark |title=Psychological Development of Deaf Children |date=1993 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-506899-8 |page=27}} It differs from [[sign language]]s, which are true languages with complex grammar systems and exhibiting the fundamental properties considered to exist in all languages.Klimt, Edward S.; & Belling, Ursula. (1979). ''The signs of language''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|0674807952}}.Candler, Wendy; & Lille-Martin, Diane. (2006). Sign Language and Linguistic Universals.: Cambridge University Press. |
As an unstructured, ungrammatical, and broadly-interpreted form of communication, body language is not a form of [[language]].{{cite book |last1=Marschark |first1=Mark |title=Psychological Development of Deaf Children |date=1993 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-506899-8 |page=27}} It differs from [[sign language]]s, which are true languages with complex grammar systems and exhibiting the fundamental properties considered to exist in all languages.Klimt, Edward S.; & Belling, Ursula. (1979). ''The signs of language''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|0674807952}}.Candler, Wendy; & Lille-Martin, Diane. (2006). Sign Language and Linguistic Universals.: Cambridge University Press. |
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