Behaving and communicating: A reply to Motley
- 30 December 1990
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Western Journal of Speech Communication
- Vol. 54 (4) , 593-602
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10570319009374362
Abstract
Two propositions that have been treated as equivalent ("All behavior is communication” and “one cannot not communicate") are separated, on logical grounds, into two separate questions: “Is all nonverbal behavior communicative?” and “In an interactional setting, is there always some communicative behavior?” I suggest that both should be treated as hypotheses, not axioms, and outline empirical tests for both. The essay also specifies agreement and disagreement with other points in Motley's (1990) article.Keywords
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