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Brilliant Body Language
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Brilliant Body Language

by Max Eggert
October 2010
Beginner content levelBeginner
256 pages
9h 15m
English
Pearson Education Limited
Content preview from Brilliant Body Language
Introduction
‘Man is a multi-sensorial being; occasionally he verbalises.’
Ray Birdwhistell, American anthropologist
How it all started
Occasionally he verbalises! Even before you uttered a word you
could communicate. Every mother knows her baby’s different
cries the cry for hunger, the cry of discomfort, the cry of
pain and the cry for not getting your own way. Even before you
understood a word you understood a smile, a frown and perhaps
even a look of anxiety.
Our first language
As primates we were communicating to each other long before
there were words. This was a sophisticated language, too – how
else could you bring ...
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