The first Type of Speech Context is INTRAPERSONAL Communication, meaning communicating with oneself. What does this mean? Intrapersonal Communication may be seen in situations involving talking to or writing to oneself, even thinking to oneself. To clarify further, talking to oneself may mean repeating a song heard while looking in the mirror, memorizing out loud a dialogue in a play, or berating oneself in a mutter on the way to school for forgetting one’s homework. A teenager may write in a diary or on a private blog which nobody else is supposed to read. One also writes on sticky notes to remind oneself of things to be done. And, of course, there is daydreaming, meditating, or mental planning.
Beyond INTRAPERSONAL Communication are several Types of Speech Context which we are more familiar with, such as INTERPERSONAL Communication which involves more than one person. Of course, it is not just the number of participants that determine each particular type of communication. They can each be differentiated by its purpose. Remember? Communication is always intentional.
