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Oral Communication · Chapter 3

The Congruence Studio

Nonverbal behaviour does not run beside your words — it acts on them, in six identifiable ways. First move the stress across a single sentence and watch it accuse a different person each time. Then pick a line and build a delivery out of face, voice, hands and timing, and the studio will name which functions fired and what the room concluded.

Mode

One sentence. Seven words. Click a word to stress it — identical words, different accusations. This is the accenting function doing all the work by itself.
Use Tab and Enter if you would rather not use a mouse. Nothing about the words changes; only which one your voice lands on.

The six functions

Repeating
Substituting
Complementing
Accenting
Regulating
Contradicting

What the room hears