Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• aliakbar noresideh ¹
• maryam khodadadi ²

¹ Associate Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, Semnan University

² Master of Arabic Literature

Abstract

The science of semiotics has its roots in the most ancient times of human thought and has expanded in the labyrinth of history full of mystery, to the point where all kinds of signs have been investigated in the humanities and experimental sciences. The use of signs as an effective tool in all aspects of life is growing and increasing; So that the main function of signs is to convey meaning through a message to the audience. Sometimes this message is transmitted verbally or non-verbally to others, and since non-verbal communication is considered one of the branches of semiotics, it includes all kinds of movement and non-verbal behaviors of people, including laughing, facial expressions, crying and body movements, etc. Also, non-verbal communication signs can independently convey a message to others or help make verbal messages more effective. This type of communication has six functions of substituting, emphasizing, completing, denying, repeating and controlling. The aim of the current research is to introduce, classify and analyze the types of voluntary and involuntary non-verbal communication in the novel Saq Al-Bamboo to show how body language can convey movement behaviors such as affection, fear, anxiety or other states. This research, with a descriptive and analytical method, examines the types of non-verbal communication and the variety of signs to explain their function in understanding words and characterization in the novel. The result of the research shows that out of the total of 804 non-verbal signs,

Keywords

• Semiotics
• communication
• non-verbal communication
• Al-Sanausi
• Saq Al-Bamboo