The Analysis of Gestures in Human Communication
THE ANALYSIS OF GESTURES IN HUMAN COMMUNICATION
By
Dwitania Kemala
(0707906)
English Language and Literature B
English Education Department
Faculty of Language and Arts Education
Indonesia University of Education
2010
ABSTRACT
This paper presents the way people communicate using nonverbal language, especially gestures. The method that applied to gain the data is library research by reading and collecting relevant data related to the topic from various sources. It also used descriptive method to give the explanation of the topic. This paper examines kinds of gesture which usually used, the cultures that affect its meaning and the influence of gender toward women’s and men’s gesture in communication.
Keywords: nonverbal language, gesture, body language, artifactual, proxemics, paralinguistic, olfaction, tactile, kinesics, iconic gesture, and metaphoric gesture.
INTRODUCTION
People always do communicate with others in daily life. In doing communication, people have some purposes such as to get what they need and to share their ideas. Language cannot be separated in the process of communication since language is a medium used by the people to do this process. People use language to share what they have in their mind, to transfer information, to express their feeling or emotions and to get what they need. Language is a people’s communication system in which they use sound, words and symbols to share their message, feelings and ideas to another. It also can be in forms of oral language, written language and body language (retrieved from http://www.unixl.com/dir/education/languages/language_definition/). In transferring the message or in sharing people’s feeling, they involve two sorts of language forms those are verbal language and nonverbal language. People who use nonverbal language do not mean that they are not able to speak. Nevertheless, verbal language has fulfilled the whole message that is transferred but nonverbal language
By
Dwitania Kemala
(0707906)
English Language and Literature B
English Education Department
Faculty of Language and Arts Education
Indonesia University of Education
2010
ABSTRACT
This paper presents the way people communicate using nonverbal language, especially gestures. The method that applied to gain the data is library research by reading and collecting relevant data related to the topic from various sources. It also used descriptive method to give the explanation of the topic. This paper examines kinds of gesture which usually used, the cultures that affect its meaning and the influence of gender toward women’s and men’s gesture in communication.
Keywords: nonverbal language, gesture, body language, artifactual, proxemics, paralinguistic, olfaction, tactile, kinesics, iconic gesture, and metaphoric gesture.
INTRODUCTION
People always do communicate with others in daily life. In doing communication, people have some purposes such as to get what they need and to share their ideas. Language cannot be separated in the process of communication since language is a medium used by the people to do this process. People use language to share what they have in their mind, to transfer information, to express their feeling or emotions and to get what they need. Language is a people’s communication system in which they use sound, words and symbols to share their message, feelings and ideas to another. It also can be in forms of oral language, written language and body language (retrieved from http://www.unixl.com/dir/education/languages/language_definition/). In transferring the message or in sharing people’s feeling, they involve two sorts of language forms those are verbal language and nonverbal language. People who use nonverbal language do not mean that they are not able to speak. Nevertheless, verbal language has fulfilled the whole message that is transferred but nonverbal language