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The term "non-verbal leakage" got its origin in literature in 1968, leading to many subsequent studies on the topic throughout the 1970s (including multiple studies by American psychologist Paul Ekman), with related studies continuing today. [1] Non-verbal leakage is a prominent concept in the study of body language.
Emblems - Body movements or gestures that are directly translatable into a word or phrase; Illustrators - Accompany or reinforce verbal messages Batons - Temporally accent or emphasize words or phrases; Ideographs - Trace the paths of mental journeys; Deictic movements - Point to a present object; Kinetographs - Depict a bodily action
Literature is autonomous from external conditions in the sense that literary language is distinct from ordinary uses of language, not least because it is not (entirely) communicative. Literature has its own history, a history of innovation in formal structures, and is not determined (as some crude versions of Marxism have it) by external ...
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis. [1] Since the 19th century, literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history, moral philosophy, social philosophy, and interdisciplinary themes relevant to how people interpret meaning. [1]
German Romanticism, which followed closely after the late development of German classicism, emphasized an understanding and beauty of fragmentation that can appear startlingly modern to the reader of English literature, and valued Witz – that is, "wit" or "humor" of a certain sort – more highly than the serious Anglophone Romanticism.
Language and Literature is a peer-reviewed, international, academic journal covering the latest developments in stylistic analysis, the linguistic analysis of literature and related areas. Topics covered include: literary and non-literary stylistics, the connection between stylistics, critical theory, linguistics and literary criticism, and ...
Bowden is a commentator for national [clarification needed] news networks on body language analysis. [10] During US Presidential and Canadian Federal elections and debates, along with subsequent diplomatic meetings, he has commented in the press and on network news on the body language of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Justin Trudeau, and Andrew Scheer.