When anyone uses a word - it has meaning because we've all been socialized to understand it. The verbal portion is also known as the digital portion - words, signs, symbols used to convey information. Redundancy - a powerful safeguard against error and misunderstanding. Nonverbal channels can complicate assurance of meaning transmission by being unrelated - or running contrary to the words. Connotes poor communication skills.
Efficient communication involves high levels of skill for both verbal and nonverbal channels.
Over time, patterns of redundancy idiosyncratically develop in family systems resulting in communication styles particular to individual families. Included here might be Who initiates and concludes interaction , Who occupies family status positions . Who performs role assignments . C. Symmetrical and Complementary Patterns of Communication . Here there is a sense of inequality and maximization of differences.