Voice Communication

Kathy A. Ireland

Voice Communication

COM 200

Tricey Hosley

February 25, 2011

Verbal/Voice communication is defined as: linguistics is the scientific study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure (grammar) and the study of meaning (semantics and pragmatics) and/or how something is said conveys meaning in addition to what is actually said. Verbal communication includes sound, words, and language.

There are three different kinds of verbal communication that has been classified. It starts with informative communication. This type of communication provides information of some kind. Usually used during lectures, meetings, in school, driving directions this is always some kind of factual information. Then there is persuasive communication. It is more like trying to get someone to do what you want and change their point of view to yours. Politicians can be link to using persuasive communication to obtain votes. Children use persuasive communication to get peers to things. This kind communication involves connecting to the listener and convincing them to change their mind or point of view. And last it is ceremonial communication this happens at graduations, weddings, funerals, roasts, and commencement speeches. Most important about ceremonial communication the subject has to be something that can capture the full attention of the audience, most likely a subject that is of interest. (Fenell, 2010)

Most people are born with vocal cords. We use our vocal cords to communicate. This begins at birth, as babies we cry, we make goo-goo sounds. These sounds alert the parents in many different ways. As parents we can tell if the cry is a cry of hurt, of hunger, or for attention. Grunts, yells and many other sounds is a form of communication as well. There are over three thousand languages in the world today. These languages reflect different age groups, gender, cultures, class, social factors and professions. With so many these types of languages we sometimes have difficulty understanding and even misunderstanding when we are entering in to a conversation with someone not of the same culture. A basic communication skill that we all should use is learning how to relate to people in a way that is understandable. Basic etiquette and manners is very important when we are trying to communicate verbally. (Sussman)

There are certain barriers that can affect our verbal communication a few was mention in the statement above. In a family most of the time people communicate well with each other this is because the have the same verbal skills. There are many people that have different verbal communication skills at home and then a different verbal