Interpretation of the Non-verbal Communication in the Film My Fair Lady from the Pragmatic Perspective

Abstract

Verbal communication and non-verbal communication are two essential ways of human communication behavior. From the pragmatic perspective, non-verbal communication can even convey more content in certain situations than verbal communication. In non-verbal communication, body language, dress and personal adornment, and boundary play a single or comprehensive role in reinforcing, supplementing, and weakening verbal information. This article takes two typical scenes of the film My Fair Lady as examples to interpret non-verbal communication behavior in a pragmatic sense.