Body language is a form of communication through different movements and gestures of the body. ... Body language, body idiom, gesture language, organ language and kinesics acts are just some terms used to depict kinesics. In ways that body language works in nonverbal acts, body language parallels paralanguage. Kinesics acts may substitute for language, accompany it, or modify it. Kinesics acts may be lexical or informative and directive in nature, or they may be emotive or empathic movements. ...

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Do Newspaper Headlines use Correct English The term "Correct English" is in itself very controversial, as Trudgil states "there are no linguistic reasons for stating that any language is superior to any other". ... By "compressing" the sentence, the headline's dramatic impact is increased, as the emotive abstract noun, "Chaos," is at the front. ... Another reason for the use of informal lexis is that the type of language associated with football is typically slang and therefore it would seem odd to use Standard English when reporting about it. This may be due to the fact that fo...

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