Metamessage is defined as:

A. the overlap among the syntactics, pragmatics, phonetics, and language styles of a native language creating a third way of communication.
B. a type of communication in which much of the information is conveyed in words rather than in nonverbal cues and contexts.
C. the meaning of a message that tells others how they should respond to the content of a person's communication based on his or her relationship to them.
D. a verbal message often designed to camouflage a speaker's true intentions, needs, wants, and desires.

Answer: C

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