Types of communication

                                                        Body language

    Body language is a kind of nonverbal communication, where thoughts, intentions, or feelings are expressed by physical behaviors, such as facial expressions, body posture,gestures, eye movement, touch and the use of space. Body language exists in both animals and humans, but this article focuses on interpretations of human body language. It is also known as kinesics.

Body language must not be confused with sign language, as sign languages are full languages like spoken languages and have their own complex grammar systems, as well as being able to exhibit the fundamental properties that exist in all languages. Body language, on the other hand, does not have a grammar and must be interpreted broadly, instead of having an absolute meaning corresponding with a certain movement, so it is not a language like sign language, and is simply termed as a "language" due to popular culture.

Interesting facts

Americans usually stand 18–48 inches away from each other, which is the size of their “personal bubble.” Japanese, however, have a personal bubble, or intimate zone, of 10 inches. And people from rural areas tend to have larger personal bubbles than those that live in a city.

When a person crosses both legs and arms they have emotionally withdrawn from the conversation.

Studies show that women laugh at men they’re attracted to, and men are attracted to women who laugh at them. From a man’s perspective, saying a woman has good sense of humor doesn’t mean she makes jokes; it means she laughs at his jokes

ADVANTAGE:
- convey emotion into thoughts (swaying hips to demonstrate waking, using hand signals to represent other people emotions
- Explain more in detail what you're trying to say. people might get the gist more that way.

DISADVATAGE:
- giving possible worng signals (showing hand signals that might give the wrong imprassion of what was actually taking place)
- Not having an organized language, you'd be hard pressed to find an signal for every type of action. thus there's be actions that would signify two+ body motions.

The best example of body language is Charlie Chaplin's films