Cues are signals that accompany communication. Verbal cues accompany the spoken word e.g stress, intonation, tone, pitch, audibility, pronunciation
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Verbal and Non-Verbal Cues in Communication INTRODUCTION TO VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL CUES Cues are signals that accompany communication. Verbal cues accompany the spoken word e.g stress, intonation, tone, pitch, audibility, pronunciation and tempo. Non-verbal cues are signals that do not accompany the spoken word but add meaning to the spoken word e.g eye contact, posture etc. VERBAL CUES 1. Stress Stress is the force (prominence) with which we say a word, a part of a word (syllable) or certain parts of the sentence. It involves loudness, length and higher pitch in articulation. There are two major levels of stress: word stress and clausal stress. Word stress Every word in English has one stressed syllable. This is referred to as primary stress e.g a) ‘Cat b) ‘Convict / Con’vict c) ‘Beautiful NB: Word stress can distinguish words into parts of speech and therefore, the meaning of the word. Clausal stress At clausal level, words that carry higher information content (content words) e.g verbs, nouns, adverbs and adjectives, are normally stressed t…
