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body language

Nonverbal communication by largely unconscious signals of posture and movement. Sighing and laughing are also body language; though they rely principally on sound, they are often accompanied by gestures and are nonverbal.



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Nonverbal communication behaviors have been classified into the following codes: kinesics (known as body language, including eye, facial, and body movement); paralanguage or vocalics (vocalizations other than words, such as sighs and moans, vocal pitch and volume); haptics (touch); proxemics (spatial distances); chronemics (time); olfactics (smell); and artifacts (use of objects, such as jewelry) (Burgoon et al.
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