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Kinesics

Kinesics is the interpretation of body communication such as facial expressions and gestures, nonverbal behavior related to movement of any part of the body, or the body as a whole. The equivalent popular culture term is body language, a term Ray Birdwhistell, considered the founder of this area of study, neither used nor liked (on the grounds that what…

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Kinesics

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples38
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
Components1

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related to Birdwhistell's work · 22
Kinesics → Birdwhistell, Birdwhistell's, Book, Brosin, Context, Drawing, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, Gregory Bateson, Henry, His, How, Interest, Interview, McQuown, Norman, One, Part, Person Like, Ray Birdwhistell, Read
related to External links · 9
Kinesics → Andrej Poleev, Center, David, Givens, Language, Nonverbal Studies, On, Origin, Report
has application · 2
Kinesics → In, Relevant
is a · 1
Kinesics → interpretation of body communication such as facial expressions and gestures

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body nonverbal movements birdwhistell communication language used kinesic facial part gestures behavior movement popular culture ray study birdwhistell's work also

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Kinesicsis ainterpretation of body communication such as facial expressions and gestures0.90text
facial expressionsinstance ofKinesics is the interpretation of body communication0.80text
gesturesinstance ofKinesics is the interpretation of body communication0.80text
nonverbal behavior related to movement of any part of the bodyinstance ofKinesics is the interpretation of body communication0.80text
or the body as a wholeinstance ofKinesics is the interpretation of body communication0.80text
Kinesicshas applicationIn0.60section
Kinesicshas applicationRelevant0.60section
Kinesicsrelated to Birdwhistell's workRay Birdwhistell0.60section
Kinesicsrelated to Birdwhistell's workBirdwhistell0.60section
Kinesicsrelated to Birdwhistell's workHis0.60section
Kinesicsrelated to Birdwhistell's workContext0.60section
Kinesicsrelated to Birdwhistell's workInterest0.60section

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