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Discussion between two old friends. One element of conversation is discussion: sharing opinions on subjects that are thought of during the conversation. In polite society the subject changes before discussion becomes dispute or controversial. For example, if theology is being discussed, maybe no one is insisting a particular view be accepted. [8]
In other words the term "backchannel" is used to differentiate between the roles of the people involved in a conversation. The person doing the speaking is thought to be communicating through the "front channel" while the person doing the listening is thought to be communicating through the "backchannel."
Some scholars of literature use the term to describe literary styles that include elements from more than one language, as in novels by Chinese-American, Anglo-Indian, or Latino writers. [ 13 ] As switching between languages is exceedingly common and takes many forms, we can recognize code-switching more often as sentence alternation.
One-way communication is when a message flows from sender to receiver only, thus providing no feedback. Some examples of one-way communication are radio or television programs and listening to policy statements from top executives. Two-way communication is especially significant in that it enables feedback to improve a situation. [2]
Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen A. Foss in their book Theories of Human Communication (tenth edition) [40] describe a type of logical force called contextual force. Contextual force causes a person to follow a form of logic that leads one to believe that an action or interpretation is a direct result of, and is appropriate to, the context.
However, one study found that "people accommodate their conversants' speech style (more man-like or woman-like) more than to their actual gender". [43] In other words, two people in a conversation may focus their accommodation style to match the interactant's conversation style as it may not match the gender that they present as.
Multi-communicating is the act of managing multiple conversations simultaneously. [1] The term was coined by Reinsch, Turner, and Tinsley, who proposed that simultaneous conversations can be conducted using an array of media, including face-to-face, phone, and email tools for communication.
A delay in the phonological development of one or both twins (or two siblings at similar age of language development) is said to be a main cause of cryptophasia. Twins can develop the ability to communicate with one another without working within the grammar of their parents' language, thus possibly leading to a short-term delay in linguistic development of one or both twins. [2]