The use of nonverbal communication with specific reference to Northern Sotho discourse

Description

Thesis (M.A. (African Languages)) --University of Limpopo, 2005 / This study explores the use of nonverbal communication in Northern Sotho discourse. The paper serves as an introduction to the study of nonverbal communication in African languages. The concept of nonverbal communication is as equally important in a communication system as verbal communication . Therefore, this paper focuses onsome of the various forms of nonverbal communication such as facial expressions, proxemics, haptics, personal appearance, and most importantly, the concept of time. This study is done mainly in comparison with the Western way of doing things and how the social changes affect the use of these cues

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1. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2001

Tags

Non-verbal communication

Northern Sotho discourse

Northern Sotho language

Language and culture

Intercultural communication

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/2001
Date	January 2005
Creators	Mothiba, Mamokato Jerida
Publisher	University of Limpopo
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis
Format	vii, 76 leaves
Relation	pdf