The Importance Of Verbal And Nonverbal Communication .

The Importance of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Veanna Shaw Fayetteville Technical Community College Abstract Communication is a vital part of everyday life for everyone. It is how individuals express their ideas, feelings, grievances and emotions. There are two types of communication, verbal and nonverbal. This paper will examine how they are each individually necessary and how together they offer unlimited possibilities of communicating any and everything imaginable. The positive and negative attributes of each type of communication will also be explored. Introduction Have you ever been in a conversation where you were trying to explain a process or situation†¦show more content†¦Words are a representation of an object or idea. This means that they are a symbol for something else. For example, we are all male or female but we don’t go by that, we all are given a name at birth. Our name is a symbol of us. It is how we are identified to others. As a symbol, words become arbitrary, abstract, and ambiguous(Wood, 2010) When something is arbitrary it is not naturally or directly tied to what it is referring to. This applies to words, because they can easily be swapped out for other words to represent something. If all parties involved in the communication agree that a word will represent something else then its meaning can be changed. That is what allows new words to be created and old words meanings to be changed throughout history (Wood, 2010). Words are arbitrary, because they have different meanings to different people (Schmitz, 2012). For example, if two individuals are different ages, yet they both refer to themselves as old, how do we know which one is truly old. Who gets to decide what age should be defined as old? The definition can be decided by whoever is using it. Anything that is abstract is usually not something one can see or that fits in a designated box. Words are definitely abstract (Schmitz, 2012) because as symbols they represent our ideas, different things, feelings, people, obj ects without actually being those things the stand for. (Wood, 2010) Now that the foundation of verbal communication hasShow MoreRelatedThe Importance Of Verbal And Nonverbal Communication1421 Words   |  6 Pagesâ€Å"Communication is an integral part of life; without it, we would not survive†¦Ã¢â‚¬  Communication is needed not only to send and receive information and knowledge, but the most important aspect of communication is the ability to connect with other human beings around the world regarding the topics of relationships, families, organizations, cultures and nations (Vertino, 2014). A nurse must provide care that treats the whole person, not just the physical body. This concept is known as holistic care (BlairRead MoreThe Importance Of Verbal And Nonverbal Communication1148 Words   |  5 Pagesinterpersonal communication. 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