Editing Symbolic communication (section)

==== Nonverbal symbolic communication ====
Nonverbal symbolic communication uses learned, socially shared signal systems.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Buck|first=R.|date=2002-09-01|title=Verbal and Nonverbal Communication: Distinguishing Symbolic, Spontaneous, and Pseudo-Spontaneous Nonverbal Behavior|journal=Journal of Communication|volume=52|issue=3|pages=522–541|doi=10.1111/j.1460-2466.2002.tb02560.x|issn=0021-9916}}</ref> As with verbal symbolic communication, the relation between the sign and the signified concept is arbitrary. Unlike verbal symbolic communication, however, nonverbal symbolic communication does not make use of words. Instead, [[icon]]s, indices or [[symbols]] may be used.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Analyzing cultures : an introduction and handbook|last=Danesi, Marcel|date=2001|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0253212987|oclc=247912982}}</ref>

Nonverbal symbolic communication is not to be confused with [[Nonverbal communication|nonverbal communication (NVC)]], which is a broader category that includes nonsymbolic communication as well as symbolic.