... all parties have an area of communicative commonality. They are auditory means, such as speaking, singing and sometimes tone of voice, and nonverbal, physical means, such as body language, ... congratulating, declining, giving permission, giving way, greeting, leave-taking, mocking, naming, offering, praising, promising, proposing marriage, protesting, recommending, thanking. In saying: ... language, sign language, paralanguage, touch, eye contact, by using writing. Communication is thus a process by which we assign and convey meaning in an attempt to create shared understanding. This...