nonverbal communication

''Nonverbal communication (NVC) is the process of transmitting messages without spoken words, sometimes called body language, messages can be communicated through facial expressions; gestures; gaze; and posture; Many include the space we use around us; object communication includes clothing, hairstyles, adornment, shoes, and other communicative props (Ottenheimer, 2007, p. 120-122), or even architecture; symbols and infographics; prosodic features of speech such as intonation and stress and other paralinguistic features of speech such as voice quality, emotion and speaking style. According to Guerrero and Floyd,2006, nonverbal communication is a subset of nonverbal behavior (p. 4).
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the transmission of a message from sender to receiver without using words. See Body Language; Kinesic Communication; Proxemic Communication; Tactile Communication.