<P> Communication is usually described along a few major dimensions: Message (what type of things are communicated), source / emissor / sender / encoder (by whom), form (in which form), channel (through which medium), destination / receiver / target / decoder (to whom), and Receiver . Wilbur Schramm (1954) also indicated that we should also examine the impact that a message has (both desired and undesired) on the target of the message . Between parties, communication includes acts that confer knowledge and experiences, give advice and commands, and ask questions . These acts may take many forms, in one of the various manners of communication . The form depends on the abilities of the group communicating . Together, communication content and form make messages that are sent towards a destination . The target can be oneself, another person or being, another entity (such as a corporation or group of beings). </P> <P> Communication can be seen as processes of information transmission governed by three levels of semiotic rules: </P> <Ol> <Li> Syntactic (formal properties of signs and symbols), </Li> <Li> Pragmatic (concerned with the relations between signs / expressions and their users) and </Li> <Li> Semantic (study of relationships between signs and symbols and what they represent). </Li> </Ol> <Li> Syntactic (formal properties of signs and symbols), </Li>

10. this determines which function of communication to use