Non-verbal Communication

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Paperback | 12 January 1976

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The importance in social relationships of the exchange of information by non-verbal gestures and expressions, though long appreciated by artists and writers, has only recently become the subject of serious scientific study. The subject has been approached from different angles by psychologists studying the relevance of non-verbal communication to interpersonal relationships, by anthropologists interested in how these processes help to integrate societies, and by ethologists extrapolating the results of animal studies to human behaviour.

The scope of the volume ranges from formal analysis of the communication process by an information theorist (Professor Mackay) and by a linguist (Professor Lyons), to accounts of the role of expression in the theatre (Dr Jonathan Miller) and in the visual arts (Professor Gombrich). There are contributions to the discussion written from the point of view of the zoologist, the ethologist, the psychologist and the anthropologist.

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'Non-verbal Communication lacks nothing of scholarship for the student of behaviour, but at the same time it is a book of relevance to the whole range of our activity. It nobly continues the humanist tradition of zoology in which by the study of animals we come to better understand ourselves.' New Society 'The outatanding merit of the volume is in reflecting the growing rapport between linguistic and behavioural research.' British Journal of Psychiatry 'Of the welter of ... books on ... aspects of communication I found this collective enterprise the most interesting and biologically illuminating.' Quarterly Review of Biology 'This volume represents an extremely valuable contribution ... the papers in conjunction with their editorial comments serve as an excellent ... introduction to research and serious thought in the field.' American Journal of Physical Anthropology

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Non-Fiction Science Biology, Life Sciences Zoology & Animal Sciences Animal Behaviour Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Communication Studies Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Language & Linguistics Linguistics

Sociology & Anthropology

Preface	p. vii
Members of the Study Group	p. ix
General Introduction	p. xi
The Nature of Communication
Introduction	p. 1
Formal Analysis of Communicative Processes	p. 3
The Comparison of Vocal Communication in Animals and Man	p. 27
Human Language	p. 49
Comments on Part A	p. 86
Communication in Animals
Introduction	p. 99
Some Principles of Animal Communication	p. 101
Comments	p. 122
The Lower Vertebrates and the Invertebrates	p. 127
Comments	p. 150
Vocal Communication in Birds	p. 153
Comments	p. 175
Preface	p. 177
The Information Potentially Available in Mammal Displays	p. 179
Comments	p. 204
Non-Verbal Communication in Man
Introduction	p. 207
A Comparative Approach to the Phylogeny of Laughter and Smiling	p. 209
Comments	p. 238
Non-verbal Communication in Human Social Interaction	p. 243
Comments	p. 268
Non-verbal Communication in Children	p. 271
Comments	p. 296
Similarities and Differences between Cultures in Expressive Movements	p. 297
Comments	p. 312
The Influence of Cultural Context on Non-verbal Communication in Man	p. 315
Comments	p. 344
Non-verbal Communication in the Mentally Ill	p. 349
Comments	p. 358
Plays and Players	p. 359
Action and Expression in Western Art	p. 373
Comments on Chapters 14 and 15	p. 393
Epilogue	p. 395
References	p. 396
Author index	p. 425
Index	p. 431
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