ABSTRACT
Kinesics is the science of body behavioral communication. Communication is a term used to describe the structured dynamic processes relating to the interconnectedness of living systems. As such, it has much of the indefiniteness and usefulness of terms like 'gravity', 'electromagnetic field', or, perhaps, 'metabolism' in their respective phenomenological contexts. Research with visible body motion is convincing us that this behavior is as ordered and coded as is audible phonation. From the outset of kinesic research, investigators have been distracted by the temptation to pursue the phantom of 'meaning'. Kinesics has been concerned with the exhaustive description and analysis of the American kinesic structure. Structural linguists have traditionally approached their data through the word and then, in one set of operations, engaged in morphological and phonological research, and, in another set, moved toward the isolation and description of lexemes and syntax. Kinesics has been preoccupied with the description and analysis of body positions and movements.
