The Voice and NVC Another aspect of NVC involves the human voice which can be a powerful tool in interpersonal communication. Every time we speak, our voice reveals our gender, age, level of education, native birth, and our relationship with the person spoken to. People can also interpret a speaker's voice in terms of accent, pronunciation, emotions, honesty, sarcasm, charisma, uniqueness, lifestyle, and geographic origin. Vocal characteristics such as intonation, pitch, accents, and hesitations give people information about our biography and background, our identity and uniqueness, our use of standard or non-standard speech, our regional and national accents, our emotions and true feelings, our ability to perform and recognize sarcasm, our efforts to tell if others are telling the truth, and our response to dialects and other variation in vocal paralanguage. All of the following types of gestures are used to enhance comprehension of speech and to reveal information about the speaker's attitudes and emotions.
Emblems have a direct verbal translation.
They often substitute for a verbal message. We use emblems often when we drive. Different generations and cultures have different meanings for the emblems they use. For example, the V-sign has differerent meanings for different generations. Illustrators help to describe what a speaker is talking about, and are used to illustrate or clarify the verbal message.