Communication, Regulative, and Constitutive Rules

I decided to talk about communication, regulative, and constitutive rules when using language because this topic was interesting to me. I wanted to find out more about the subject by doing more research. First off communication rules are shared understandings of what communication means and what behaviors are appropriate in various situations. For example, we understand that people take turns speaking, that we should whisper in libraries, and that we shouldn’t go around cursing in public. Regulative rules regulate interaction by specifying when, how, where, and with whom to talk about certain things. For instance, we understand that wearing just basketball shorts and a t shirt to class is acceptable but when in the workplace different clothes are more appropriate. The next is constitutive rules which define what communication means by specifying how certain communicative acts are to be counted.  For example giving a hug shows affection, smiling can show friendliness, paying attention counts as respect, and etc.