Communication

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group, a lecture audience or even an individual member of a particular group. All the above illustration is referring to what is called the traditional concept of .
On the other hand, the discovery of consists more in a new way of thinking about the human condition than in a new awareness of
particular form of human action. Commonsense notions of often refer to it as one thing among others that human beings do. That is, sometimes human beings sleep, sometimes they eat, and sometimes they communicate. Although this seems reasonable enough , it is not a sufficiently rich way to think about . The problem comes from constructing any viable definition of that excludes sleeping , eating , and other forms of activities. Sleeping while in class is a communicative event, and the manner place, and the companions with whom one eats comprises a rich communicative system. So, rather than defining as a subset of human activity, it is more appropriate to view all forms of human ...

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