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Communication
is not only the process of sharing information. Communication
processes are in most cases sign-mediated interactions
which are governed by three levels of semiotic rules:
Syntactic, pragmatic and semantic.
Therefore, communication is a kind of social interaction
where at least two interacting agents share a common
set of signs and a common set of semiotic rules. In
a simplistic form, information is sent from a sender
or encoder to a receiver or decoder. In a more complex
form feedback links a sender to a receiver. This requires
a symbolic activity, sometimes via a language. Communication
development is the development of processes enabling
one to understand what others say(or sign, or write)
and speak(or sign, or write), translate sounds and symbols
into meaning and learn the syntax of the language. Communication
is based on the idea of respect, promises and the want
for social improvement. Specialised fields focus on
various aspects of communication and include the following:
Non-verbal communication,
the act of imparting or interchanging thoughts, opinions
or information without the use of words.
Symbolic communication, the exchange of messages that
change a priori expectation of events
Animal communication, the discipline of animal behavior
that focuses on the reception and use of signals.
Mass communication
Development communication
Communication studies
Interpersonal Communication
Organizational communication
Sociolinguistics
Conversation analysis
Cognitive linguistics
Linguistics
Pragmatics
Semiotics |
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