Across
- 3. The writing system of the Mayan civilization
- 7. Meaningful signals and cues used in communication
- 9. The different types of culturally appropriate distances that individuals maintain
- 10. Behavior and communication based on touch
- 11. Traditionally referred to the use of pictures to represent words or phrases, such as a heart to represent love
- 13. Parts of language that do not have any lexical meaning, and thus, sometimes considered optional for analysis
- 14. The study of phonemes
- 15. A sign that bears a direct similarity or analogy to its referent or meaning
- 16. A sound that is produced with the vocal tract closed or partially closed, as opposed to vowels, where the vocal tract is open
Down
- 1. Communication through the use of different hand gestures, positions, and motions to create meaningful signs
- 2. Refers to symbols that represent more than one sound, as opposed to an alphabet in which ideally each symbol represents only one sound
- 4. The study of signs and symbols and how they are used for meaning-making in communication
- 5. Refers to the tone of voice and pacing of speech
- 6. The smallest unit of body motion and gestures
- 8. Extralinguistic sounds, such as uh-uh, or tsk-tsk
- 12. A writing system in which the distinctive sounds of a language are for the most part represented by a graphic symbol, or a letter, depending on the language