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p192) In immediate interpersonal communication, the senses of
hearing and sight combine in the interpretation of the langauge
code in which the message is structured. Only in touch
communication (Braille) does the sense of feeling become extremely
important for the despatchment and reception of the message.
Punctuation marks function as organizational tools in
texts. They promote and explicate grammatical well-formedness and
remove semantic incongruities, thus making the text comprehensible
and communication, achievable. Unless a message is appropriately
punctuated, communication is bound to stumble over the ambiguation
rock. Full-stops are used to indicate pauses; commas, to indicate
degrees of integration between an adjunct and its core; semicolons,
to indicate content associations; dashes or parentheses, to insert
clauses 'subordinated in function, but not in form; exclamation
marks, question marks, or periods, to make the same phrase formats
heavy, non-heavy or neutral, respectively; and quotation marks, to
indicate attitudes towards expressions. Inappropriate or misplaced
punctuation can ambiguate, distort, or undermine the intended
meaning of the text.
(6) SENSE CHANNEL:
Little can be said about this element except that it
involves the senses of sight, hearing and touch which are employed
in verbal and non-verbal communication. Sense perception always
precedes sense absorption in all modes of communication.
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