User:Afm023/Nonverbal communication

Vocalics
While it may seem contradictory, vocalics plays a very important part in nonverbal communication. Things like tempo, volume, inflection, pauses, and pitch all communicate emotion and attitude without using specific words. Vocalics also have emblems, or sounds with clear meaning, like saying “burr” when you are cold or “hmm” when you are thinking about something. These are not specific words, but noises that further convey a person’s message. These sounds are often accompanied by another nonverbal cue.

Infants heavily rely on nonverbal vocalics to communicate their needs. As caregivers talk with their baby, the baby can pick up intonation as well start to mimic and use it themselves. As they go on, babies can pick up more and learn how to develop their own voices and vocalics.

Furthermore, in a study highlighted by Pearce and Conklin, they found that changing the vocalics of an audio recording of the same speech gave different results of liking. When the speaker gave his speech as more conversational instead of dynamic, he was deemed more trust worthy.

Vocalics can heavily influence communication through its many different cues.