A foreword and acknowledgments

The necessary mottos

Prelude

Introduction

Going beyond words

The nonverbal communicative culture: the human nonverbal (and mostly

mute) messaging system

Body postures in nonverbal communication (body postures as elements of

the overall bodily synergism sub-design)

Dance as a special human body posture

Eye contact in nonverbal communication (eye contact as an element of the

facial dimension of the oro-facial sub-design)

Facial expressions in nonverbal communication (facial expressions as an

element of the facial dimension of the oro-facial sub-design)

Laughing and crying in nonverbal communication (laughing and crying as

the elements of the oro-facial sub-design)

Smiling: an attenuated extension of laughter

Crying

Gestures in nonverbal communication (the gestural dimension as an element

of the manual sub-design)

A general classification of gestures

Touch in nonverbal communication (the touch dimension as an element of

the manual sub-design)

Silence as nonverbal communication

Human olfactory communication

Taste as communication

Music as communication

Dress as communication

Colour as communication

The meaning of flowers in human communication

Other uses of colour in human communication: flags, banners, costumes,

skin tanning

Monuments and memorials as communication (the construction dimension

of the manual sub-design)

Architecture as communication (the construction dimension of the manual

sub-design)

Closure

Final Conclusions

Bibliography

Index of Terms

List of Figures

• Title: Going beyond words: An outline of nonverbal communication
• Author: Joanna Puppel, Stanisław Puppel
• ISBN: 978-83-232-4422-6, 9788323244226
• Date of issue: 2025-06-26
• Format: Ebook
• Item ID: e_4ias
• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM