| Accent | a nonverbal function that highlights, accentuates, or emphasizes verbal messages.
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| Adaptors | nonverbal gestures that we use to adapt to our environment, such as fanning ourselves when we are hot.
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| Affective | emotional or sentimental.
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| Artifactics | the use of objects to communicate nonverbally.
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| Chronemics | the use of time to communicate nonverbally.
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| Complement | a nonverbal function that adds meaning to verbal messages.
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| Continuous | a characteristic of nonverbal communication that indicates that nonverbal messages are streams of cues.
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| Contradict | a nonverbal function that opposes, denies, or disagrees with a verbal message.
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| Disfluencies | vocal pauses such as "um," "aaa," and "and a."
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| Display rules | cultural expectations about the public display of emotions.
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| Emblems | nonverbal gestures with specific and definitive meanings, often substituting for explicit verbal words.
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| Emoticons | keyboard symbols used in e-mail or chat rooms to simulate facial expressions or voice qualities.
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| Gestures | significant body movements that convey a message.
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| Haptics | the use of touch to communicate nonverbally.
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| Illustrators | nonverbal gestures that accent or clarify verbal messages.
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| Imagery | evoking a mental picture in the mind of the audience.
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| Intrinsic | a characteristic of nonverbal communication indicating that nonverbal messages are inherently connected to our emotions and mental states.
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| Kinesics | the use of body motion to communicate nonverbally.
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| Leakage | a nonverbal cue that reveals emotions we are trying to conceal.
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| Misnomer | misnamed or inappropriate use of a name, label, or title.
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| Monochronic cultures | cultures that view time as linear rather than circular.
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| Nonlinguistic | a characteristic of nonverbal communication indicating that nonverbal messages are outside languages.
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| Nonverbal communication | messages expressed through symbols other than words, including hand gestures, facial expressions, touching, vocal inflection, and clothing.
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| Olfactory | the use of smell to communicate nonverbally.
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| Paradox | an apparent contradiction or inconsistency.
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| Polychronic | cultures that view time as circular rather than linear.
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| Proxemics | the use of space to communicate nonverbally.
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| Regulate | a function of nonverbal communication that controls, adjusts, or alters the flow of verbal messages.
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| Repeat | a function of nonverbal communication that reiterates verbal messages.
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| Simultaneous | occurring at the same time.
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| Substitute | a function of nonverbal communication that takes the place of verbal messages.
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| Syntax | a characteristic of languages that prescribes a certain word order.
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| Territoriality | the tendency of humans to mark and defend a particular space.
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| Ubiquitous | everywhere, ever-present.
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| Vocalics | the use of your voice to communicate nonverbally.
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