Which of the following statements best represent the relationship between nonverbal communication and language?
A) Language and nonverbal communication can only be learned simultaneously.
B) Language provides less precise information than nonverbal communication.
C) Nonverbal communication is unconscious to a greater degree than language.
D) Nonverbal communication has less subcultural variation than language.

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Nonverbal communication is often unconscious or automatic, whereas language requires conscious effort to produce and comprehend. This does not mean that nonverbal communication can only be learned simultaneously with language (A) or that it is inherently more precise than language (B). Additionally, nonverbal communication varies greatly across cultures and subcultures (D), so it is not accurate to say that it has less subcultural variation than language.

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