Finding Authentic Video Pronunciations...
Scanning thousands of native English clips with synchronized subtitles and exact timestamps.
That study was overgeneralized and unable to be repeated. Which means that yes, a lot of our communication is non-verbal, but it's very hard to pinpoint exactly how much. Even Mehrabian himself
cautioned against using this study too much and in every context. We do know that we often as humans look to non-verbal signals to see authenticity. So for example, if I were to say to you, hey,
I'm so happy to see you. You are more likely to believe my non-verbal over my words. In this way, we know that non-verbal makes up a critical amount of our communication and it should not be ignored.
Listen to native speakers pronounce “cautioned” in real conversational contexts with synchronized timestamps and subtitles.