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In the context of personal communication explain how individuals may use non verbal communication to: persaude, show feelings and demonstrate power
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In the context of personal communication explain how individuals may use non verbal communication to: Persuade Show feelings Demonstrate power "We speak with our vocal organs, but we converse with the whole body" as said by Abercrombie (1988), suggesting that as well as language, communication between people also include gestures that we call non verbal communication(NVC), which reinforce or complete what we are saying. In different situations, the NVC of a person varies with different emotions, as is demonstrated by many public figures. Persuasion requires simply more than just language as is written. NVC supports language in this way, for example paralanguage, which emphasizes verbal messages. This coupled with precision gestures and dominance brings around a very leading and influential personality. The ways that their words are said are in quite different ways, conveying different emotional expressions, and even different meanings. To persuade someone an authority figure may change their tone of voice to sound...
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