symbolic communication

collocation in English

meaningsofsymbolicandcommunication

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symbolic
adjective
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/sɪmˈbɒl.ɪk/us
/sɪmˈbɑː.lɪk/
representing ...
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communication
noun
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/kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/kəˌmjuː.nəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act of communicating ...
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(Definition ofsymbolicandcommunicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The advantages forsymboliccommunicationin a creature so poorly endowed to be a carnivore had to constitute a considerable force of selection.
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At around this same age, infants begin to produce their first words, making initial strides towards trulysymboliccommunication.
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For example, verbal labels may remain constant in the input while gestures fall to the wayside after facilitating infants' initial entry intosymboliccommunication.
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How could language - a nondomain-specificsymboliccommunicationsystem - be acquired by infants or children if they did not already possess a non-domainspecific conceptual cognitive capacity?
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To claim that such meanings arise from an "agreement" assumes that some other kind ofsymboliccommunicationalready exists.
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Currently, there exist different types of communication aid for non-speaking people, technology and non-technology based, with some systems based onsymboliccommunicationand others based on natural language.
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Onset ofsymboliccommunicationalso patterned according to risk.
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These are universals in a general sense, and can be expected to contribute to convergent and parallel patterns of evolution of naturalsymboliccommunicationsystems in nonterrestrial organisms.
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He believes that rudimentarysymboliccommunicationappeared early on and created a new selective pressure that favored development of linguistic ability and hence the brain.
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Humans are uniquely adept at utilizing systems ofsymboliccommunicationsuch as language and art for self-expression, the exchange of ideas, and organization.
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These traits include high intelligence, a capacity forsymboliccommunication, a sense of social norms, realization of self and a concept of continuity.
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In animal societies,symboliccommunicationhelps one understand the conduct of members of cooperating groups.
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These traits include high intelligence, a capacity forsymboliccommunication, a sense of social norms, realization of self, and a concept of continuity.
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Then, as now,symboliccommunicationwas an essential in daily life.
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The perspective is also associated withsymboliccommunicationwhere animal societies are studied to help understand how symbolic communication affects the conduct of members of cooperating group.
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But also post-structuralist theories that nonetheless still rely on the parallel between language and culture as systems ofsymboliccommunication, have been applied in the field of semiotics.
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Briefly, he considers culture a system ofsymboliccommunication, to be investigated with methods that others have used more narrowly in the discussion of novels, political speeches, sports, and movies.
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