Reconstructed multisensoriality. Reading The Catcher in the Rye

Abstract

In natural face-to-face interactions, verbal communication always occurs in association with expressions of nonverbal behavior. The functional contribution of these multimodal aspects to the meaning of the message and to its effects fulfils multiple communicative functions that differ according primarily to the speaker’s intentions, to the interpersonal relations between the speaker and the addressee, to the nature of the message, and to the context.

Keywords

• multimodal communication
• multisensoriality
• nonverbal behavior in literature (novels)
• character psychology