Communications

Communication is not only the process of sharing information. Communication processes are in most cases sign-mediated interactions which are governed by three levels of semiotic rules: Syntactic, pragmatic and semantic.

Therefore, communication is a kind of social interaction where at least two interacting agents share a common set of signs and a common set of semiotic rules. In a simplistic form, information is sent from a sender or encoder to a receiver or decoder. In a more complex form feedback links a sender to a receiver. This requires a symbolic activity, sometimes via a language. Communication development is the development of processes enabling one to understand what others say (or sign, or write) and speak (or sign, or write), translate sounds and symbols into meaning and learn the syntax of the language. Communication is based on the idea of respect, promises and the want for social improvement. Specialized fields focus on various aspects of communication and include the following:

• Non-verbal communication, the act of imparting or interchanging thoughts, opinions or information without the use of words;
• Symbolic communication, the exchange of messages that change a priori expectation of events
• Animal communication, the discipline of animal behavior that focuses on the reception and use of signals
• Mass communication
• Development communication
• Communication studies
• Interpersonal Communication
• Organizational communication
• Sociolinguistics
• Conversation analysis
• Cognitive linguistics
• Linguistics
• Pragmatics
• Semiotics
• Discourse analysis

Communication - Wikipedia