Editing Human communication (section)

==Category==
The current study of human communication can be branched off into two major categories; [[rhetoric]]al and relational. The focus of rhetorical communication is primarily on the study of [[Social influence|influence]]; the art of rhetorical communication is based on the idea of [[persuasion]]. The relational approach examines communication from a transactional perspective; two or more people interact to reach an agreed perspective.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Richmond |first=Virginia P. |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315664064 |title=Handbook of Instructional Communication: Rhetorical and Relational Perspectives |date=2015-10-14 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-66406-4 |edition=1 |language=en |doi=10.4324/9781315664064}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

In its early stages, rhetoric was developed to help ordinary people prove their claims in court; this shows how persuasion is key in this form of communication. [[Aristotle]] stated that effective rhetoric is based on argumentation. As explained in the text,{{which|date=November 2014}} rhetoric involves a dominant party and a submissive party or a party that succumbs to that of the most dominant party. While the rhetorical approach stems from [[Western world|Western societies]], the relational approach stems from [[Eastern world|Eastern societies]]. Eastern societies hold higher standards for cooperation, which makes sense as to why they would sway more toward a relational approach for that matter. "Maintaining valued relationships is generally seen as more important than exerting influence and control over others".<ref name="StacksSalwen2009">Stacks, D.; Salwen, M. (2009). ''An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research''. New York: Routledge.</ref> "The study of human communication today is more diversified than ever before in its history".<ref name=StacksSalwen2009/>

Classification of human communication can be found in the workplace, especially for group work. Co-workers need to argue with each other to gain the best solutions for their projects, while they also need to nurture their relationships to maintain their collaboration. For example, in their group work, they may use the communication tactic of "saving [[face (sociological concept)|face]]".

Spoken language involves speech, mostly human quality to acquire. For example, chimpanzees are humans' closest relatives, but they are unable to produce speech.  Chimpanzees are the closest living species to humans. Chimpanzees are closer to humans, in genetic and evolutionary terms, than they are to gorillas or other apes. The fact that a chimpanzee will not acquire speech, even when raised in a human home with all the environmental input of a normal human child, is one of the central puzzles we face when contemplating the biology of our species. In repeated experiments, starting in the 1910s, chimpanzees raised in close contact with humans have universally failed to speak, or even to try to speak, despite their rapid progress in many other intellectual and motor domains. Each normal human is born with a capacity to rapidly and unerringly acquire their mother tongue, with little explicit teaching or coaching. In contrast, no nonhuman primate has spontaneously produced even a word of the local language.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Evolution of Language|last=Fitch|first=Tecumseh|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2010}}</ref>