Lawrence and Sophia are on a double date with Sophia's cousin and his girlfriend. As the discussion turns to Sophia's mother, Lawrence gets a bit nervous, as he knows Sophia's mother does not like him dating her daughter. When Sophia's cousin asks how it is going, Sophia says, "Oh, she adores him and wants to know when the wedding is". She pats Lawrence's leg and winks at him as she says this, to let him know she is joking. Lawrence understands how Sophia wants him to interpret her message because nonverbal communication

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Sophia's pat on Lawrence's leg and her wink are forms of nonverbal communication that serve to metacommunicate, or communicate about the communication itself, indicating to Lawrence that her statement about her mother's feelings is not to be taken at face value but as a joke.

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