Abstract
This article traces the impact of reality on the development of communication skills, and the manner in which these skills are in turn refined and by repetition develop into literary conventions. Furthermore, the influence which literary convention then exerts on social attitudes and on the development of new literary conventions are traced. This article is a literary study, though all examples are from or related to the Hebrew Bible(Old Testament).
Highlights
The act o f communication involves the sender and the receiver o f a specific message
In a verbal act o f communication it is natural to assume that the two communicating parties speak and/or understand the same language, i.e. that they share common linguistic references
This is important in acts o f non-verbal communication, though the importance o f a non-verbal common reference system to effective communication has often been underestimated
Summary
The act o f communication involves the sender and the receiver o f a specific message. In a verbal act o f communication it is natural to assume that the two communicating parties speak and/or understand the same language, i.e. that they share common linguistic references. This is important in acts o f non-verbal communication, though the importance o f a non-verbal common reference system to effective communication has often been underestimated. These cultural reference systems are determined by reality: vocabulary develops in accordance to need, and concepts develop with repetition o f the same experiences. Studies show that the development o f all Semitic languages from the Proto-Semitic is a good example o f this phenomenon (Blau, 1980)
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