- "Communication is usually defined as the transmission of information."
The study of how language is used to communicate information between individuals, and how linguistic communication differs from other types of communication.
Language: The study of the nature, structure, and function of language as a means of communication between individuals.
Meaning: The study of how language conveys meaning through various forms, such as words, sentences, and discourse.
Reference: An examination of how language refers to objects, events, and concepts in the world.
Naming: The process of using words to refer to individuals, objects, and concepts.
Connotation and denotation: The difference between the literal meaning of a word and its associated emotional, cultural, and social associations.
Truth and meaning: An exploration of the relationship between language, knowledge, and truth.
Semiotics: The study of symbols and signs and their interpretation in communication.
Language acquisition: The process of learning and acquiring language, including the role of innate abilities, environmental factors, and social interaction.
Pragmatics: An examination of how language is used in social contexts and how it influences communication.
Speech acts: An analysis of how language performs various functions, such as making promises, giving orders, and making requests.
Language and thought: The relationship between language and cognition, including how language shapes our thoughts and perceptions of the world.
Linguistic relativity: The hypothesis that language influences thought and that different languages may have different ways of representing reality.
Communication theory: An overview of various theories of communication, including interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication.
Intercultural communication: The study of communication between people from different cultural backgrounds.
Discourse analysis: The study of language in use, including how it is organized, structured, and interpreted in social contexts.
Gender and language: An exploration of how language reflects and reinforces gender roles and identities.
Rhetoric: An examination of the techniques and strategies used in persuasive communication.
Argumentation: The study of argument structure and reasoning, including how arguments can be constructed and evaluated.
Narrative and storytelling: An analysis of the role of storytelling in communication, including its ability to shape our perceptions and beliefs.
Media and communication: An overview of how media technologies, such as television, radio, and the internet, have transformed communication in contemporary society.
Verbal communication: Communication using words, either spoken or written.
Nonverbal communication: The transfer of information through body language, such as facial expressions, gestures, and posture.
Paralinguistic communication: Communication that happens via nonverbal sounds, such as tone of voice, volume, and pitch.
Artistic and creative communication: Communication through creative expressions such as music, dance, painting, and writing.
Telepathic communication: Communication that happens without words, through a supposed process like extrasensory communication between two individuals.
Intercultural communication: Communication between people of different cultures, which can involve bridging differences in language or cultural norms.
Interpersonal communication: Communication between individuals in any setting, such as within families, between friends, or in the workplace.
Mass communication: Communication that happens on a large scale, through media, such as television, radio, internet or print media.
Digital communication: Communication that happens through digital technology, such as email, messaging, social media, and video conferencing.
Synesthetic communication: Communication that involves overlapping senses, such as sight and sound or touch and taste.
- "The precise definition of communication is disputed."
- "Many models include the idea that a source uses a coding system to express information in the form of a message." - "The source uses a channel to send the message to a receiver who has to decode it in order to understand its meaning."
- "Communication can be classified based on whether information is exchanged between humans, members of other species, or non-living entities such as computers."
- "Verbal communication involves the exchange of messages in linguistic form." - "Non-verbal communication happens without the use of a linguistic system."
- "There are many forms of non-verbal communication, for example, using body language, body position, touch, and intonation."
- "Interpersonal communication happens between distinct persons, such as greeting someone on the street or making a phone call."
- "Intrapersonal communication, on the other hand, is communication with oneself."
- "Researchers in this field often formulate additional criteria for their definition of communicative behavior." - "Example are the requirement that the behavior serves a beneficial function for natural selection and that a response to the message is observed."
- "Animal communication plays important roles for various species in the areas of courtship and mating, parent-offspring relations, social relations, navigation, self-defense, and territoriality."
- "An often-discussed example concerning navigational communication is the waggle dance used by bees to indicate to other bees where flowers are located."
- "Due to the rigid cell walls of plants, their communication often happens through chemical means rather than movement."
- "For example, plants like maple trees release so-called volatile organic compounds into the air to transmit warning signals about a herbivore attack to other plants."
- "The reason is that its purpose, as a tool, is usually some form of cooperation, which is not as common between different species."
- "For example, many flowers use symmetrical shapes and colors that stand out from their surroundings in order to signal to insects where nectar is located to attract them."
- "Communicative competence is the ability to communicate well."
- "Two central aspects are that the communicative behavior is effective, i.e. that it achieves the individual's goal, and that it is appropriate, i.e. that it follows social standards and expectations."
- "Human communication has a long history and how people exchange information has changed over time."
- "Examples are the invention of writing systems, the development of mass printing, the use of radio and television, and the invention of the internet."
- "The field of communication includes various other issues, like communicative competence and the history of communication."