Linguistic
communication
Two million years ago, man made his
first appearance on earth, heralding the down of an era yet unborn the era of
communication. He produced sounds and made gestures ot convey his feelings of
joy, fear and sorrow. Time passed by ‘man’ multiplied. His families expanded
and coalesced into tribes. Soon a need for communication is arouse.
Communication is done with purpose, we want to make someone do something or
take some action or think of feel in a certain way. In simple words of Leland
Brown. “Communication is the
transmission and interchange of facts, ideas feelings or course of actions.”
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Meaning of Communication:-
The word ‘communication’ is derived
form Latin term ‘communicate’ or ‘communio’ both of which terms means ‘to
share’. It is process of exchange facts, ideas, and opinions and as a means
that individuals or organizations share meaning and understanding with one
another. In other words, it is the transmission and interacting of facts, ideas
and opinion, feelings, attitudes. Communication is a process involving the
sorting, selecting and sending of symbols in such a way as to help the listener
perceive and recreate in his own mind, the meaning contained in the mind of
communicator
Communication
has been defined as ‘transferring of a thought or ideas from one group of
persons so that it can be understood and acted upon.” In order to transfer an
idea, we must use symbols which stand for the idea. According to Petel Little, “Communication is the process by which
information is passed between individuals or organiza-tions by means of
previously agreed symbols.
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Nature of communication:-
Organizations are represented as
communication systems. Every organization has its own sub-systems and there is
always interaction and interface between sub-systems to achieve goals.
Communication transmits information and data to the total system. There must be
two parties in the process of communication. The communicator or sender or
transmitter of message and receive or recipient or listener or reader is
another party at the end. The nature of communication is exchange of message
and interaction. Communication may be through written or verbal action,
According to Peter Little, “Communication is defined as intercourse by words, letters, symbols
or message and as a way that one organization member shares meaning and
understanding with one another.”
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Process of Communication:-
‘Process’ is a course of action.
Communication as an organization process affects all. It unable us to transfer
information from one person to anther, from one department to another, from
outside to organization. No matter whether the organization is an individual
firm society or a body corporate. The ultimate object is that information
transformed must be understandable to the receiver.
Communication is the vehicle of
individuals and group in the organizations. In this process of the transmitters
select, when and what to communicate and determines their medium for
transmission. The receiver takes the massage, interprets, perceives and
responds to it. The whole sequence is the communication process as a process;
it is routine and continuous forever. It is a never ending process cycle.
According to David K. Bano, the whole
process (sequence) of communication process involves six steps.
Message è Sender è
encoding è
channel è
receiver è
decoding.
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Linguistic Communication:-
Today, there are number of means of
communication, language is the most widely used instrument. It is one of the
most prized possessions of man. It has been used as a tool for communication
for centuries. It has unable man to interact with the environment and to
regulate his behaviours.
Language acts as repository of
wisdom, a propeller for the advancement of knowledge, and a telescope to view
the vision of the future. Man had tried hard to exploit the flexibility and
dynamism of language for the conduct of his day-to-day affair. But in this
attempt he has been only partially successful. Though human society progressed
with remarkable speech the use of langue for communication is not free for
ignorance prejudice and superstition.
Man communicates meanings through a
sophisticated system of symbols. He alone has the power to express in words,
sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. Thus communication is the story of man
and his efforts of interactions and naturally the sender and the receiver
keeping on changing their roles.
Another aspect of communication is it
is essentially a social affair. The system of communication is commonly owned,
accepted, and recognized by the members of community. It enables them to
acquire, exchange, store, retrieve and process information. What is essential
for communication to occur is the co-operation between two parties one active and
other passive.
In a short, the entire event takes
place within a common frame of reference, also called communication
environment. Thus the success of communication is measured in terms of not only
the effective transmission of the massage but also the achievement of the
intended result. It indicates the processes or initiation and reaction on the
part of sender and receiver respectively.
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