Subjective Communication Methods
The idiom “actions speak louder than words” is most closely derived from the 1692 book Will and Doom where “actions are more significant than words” was initially written ( Actions Speak Louder Than Words | Phrase Definition, Origin & Examples, n.d.). Conversely, words being deemed as more significant was held as a belief in an earlier, 1628 record of the proceedings of the UK parliament (Martin, n.d.). “A word fitly spoken in season is like an Apple of Gold set in Pictures of Silver” was documented to emphasize the utter importance of words– which was written under Christian belief. The earliest record claim of the idiom was dated back to the 1200s when the phrase was spoken through a sermon (Actions Speak Louder Than Words, n.d.). The concept has been accepted and adopted as an inherent notion continuing to present-day time. To contradict the idiom, Promise Opoku-Yeboah wrote in 2022, “there are different ways to realize people’s intentions and that is with their words” (p....