metacommunication

Noun

Meaning

Communication or discussion, especially involving academic analysis, about communication itself.

Communication which is implicit and not expressed in words.

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Examples

Schwab, Gabriele (1996) "Chapter 2: Nonsense and Metacommunication: Alice in Wonderland" in The mirror and the killer-queen: otherness in literary language Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana. Source: Internet

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