Hidden Aspects of Communication

There are a lot of hidden aspects of communication. There are two types of language which are language and paralanguage. There are speech and writing under language and kinesics, tone and character of voice, proximics, and clothing/makeup/etc.

Language
Speech and Writing
We usually communicate in different ways when we're not speaking. It is usually not thought in school but it is considered very important for communication. We informally learn body language to emphasize what we do or say.


Paralanguage-helps to prevent ineffective communication
Kinesics
Kinesics is another word for body language. We tend to use body language to show our expressions. For example, when we want to express when you're excited, happy, sad, annoyed, bored, etc. Another example for this is what my group and I had done for our human communication assignment which was about body languages.

Tone and Character of voice
There are no connotations depending what you're trying to say by the tone of voice. There are different types of tones which are the sarcastic, sad, annoyed, happy, etc by yelling, whispering, sighing, whining, etc.

Proximics (interaction distances)
Proximics are usually determined how culture defined the uses of space. Most people are unaware of the importance of space in communication. The comfort zone is usually when two people ten to get closer and comfortable with each other. When two people are far away when they are talking to each other, that means that they are showing their boundaries between each other.

Clothing/makeup/etc
Clothing is used to provide protection, modesty, etc. For instance, in Arab countries, women are usually covered from head to toe except for their eyes. This is more to culture based. Other than that, there are certain clothes are more to businesses or formal occasions. However, there are clothes that worn to sexually attract others. People appearances also shows their gender, age, economic class and often their intentions.

http://anthro.palomar.edu/language/language_6.htm#military_body_language_return