Personal Barriers: Sometimes personal factors related to the sender or the receiver act as a hurdle in communication. Similarly, due to preconceived notions regarding a conversation, an individual might derive conclusions even before the information is completed.ģ. For example, out of frustration over a certain matter, an individual’s mind may be preoccupied and he may not be able to attentively grasp the information given to him. Psychological Barriers: Sometimes psychological factor such as frustration, anger, fright may also obstruct effective communication. Similarly, at times two or more words have the same pronunciation (such as access and excess), that results in confusion regarding the correct interpretation of the word.Ģ. For example, sometimes while giving out instructions the senior or specialist uses technical vocabulary that might be difficult to understand for the subordinates. Such barriers in communication that arise out of ambiguity or difficulty in understanding of words and sentences are known as semantic barriers.
Thereby, they are likely to get misinterpreted. Sometimes it happens that certain words, sentences or phrases remain ambiguous or difficult to understand. Semantic Barriers: Semantic barriers of communication relate to the use or understanding of language.
Barriers to communication can be classified as follows.ġ. This creates barriers in the effective flow of communication. That is, at times there arises misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the information as it is passed from the sender to the receiver. Sometimes the information that reaches the receiver is not in the manner that the sender had intended.
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