"Emblems"

As we already know there are many ways to communicate. Whether it is through vocals or not. This chapter focuses on communication without words and/or sounds, in other words, non-verbal communication. Once we break down non-verbal communication, we study many different ways to communicate which surprised me a lot. One of the terms that interested me was Emblems. Emblems are kinesic behaviors whose direct verbal translations are known to all of the members of a social group. In other words, Emblems are like silent words. One example is when we are disappointed in someone and we want to say 'shame on you' we simply point our finger from right to left. Other examples the book provides are 'I can’t hear you' (put our hand to our ear) "Come over here' (wave hands toward our body) 'I’m hot' (wave hand in fan motion) and 'I’m cold' (shiver) the thing about emblems we have to remember is that emblems is not the same as sign language. They are silent words to express to ourselves and others around us.