Which of the following is NOT a dimension of nonverbal communication?

• A. Kinesics
• B. Paralinguistics
• C. Articulations
• D. Time

Answer: (C)

Nonverbal communication involves signals beyond words. Kinesics covers body movement and facial expressions, and paralinguistics looks at how something is said—tone, pitch, volume, tempo, and voice quality. Time, or chronemics, examines how timing and pacing affect interactions. Articulations describe how speech sounds are produced, which is a feature of spoken language itself. That belongs to verbal communication because it relates to forming and delivering spoken words, not to the nonverbal signals that accompany or replace words. So articulations are not a dimension of nonverbal communication.