What is Nonverbal communication?
[[File:CARNAVALIA.JPG|right|thumb|230px|The effects of [[costume]]]] [[File:Expression of the Emotions Plate V, 2+3.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Two photographs from Darwin's ''Expression of the Emotions'', showing the emotion of [[disgust]].]] '''Nonverbal communication''' (NVC) uses signals without words. Language is not the only way to communicate, there are other means. Much nonverbal communication is [[adaptive unconscious|unconscious]]: it happens without people thinking about it. Nonverbal communication may use [[gesture]]s and [[touch]], [[body language]] or [[wikt:posture|posture]], [[Face|facial]] [[wikt:expression|expression]] and [[eye contact]]. NVC may be done by [[clothing]] and [[Haircut|hairstyles]]. [[Dance]] is also a type of nonverbal communication. [[Speech]] has nonverbal elements known as '''paralanguage'''. These include [[voice]] quality, [[emotion]] and [[Speech|speaking]] style, [[rhythm]], [[intonation (linguistics)|intonation]] and [[stress (linguistics)|stress]]. Likewise, written texts have nonverbal elements such as [[handwriting]] style, spatial arrangement of words, or the use of emojis and [[emoticon]]s, such as :) and 😊 Nonverbal communication has three main aspects: the [[wikt:situation|situation]] where it takes place, the communicators, and their behavior during the interaction.<ref name=Knapp>Knapp, Mark L. & Hall, Judith A. 2007. ''Nonverbal communication in human interaction''. 5th ed, Wadsworth. {{ISBN|0-15-506372-3}}</ref><sup>p7</sup> [[Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities]] defines nonverbal communication also one of communication.<ref>Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 2</ref> == Meaning of verbal & non-verbal == Verbal means 'the use of words'. Thus, vocal sounds which are not words are nonverbal. Examples are grunts, or singing a wordless [[Note (music)|note]]. [[Sign language]]s and [[writing]] are understood as verbal communication, as both make use of words – although like speech, paralinguistic elements do occur alongs