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A broad analogy I use is that different parts of a dog’s body language are like words in a sentence – you need to read them together to make any sense of what is going on.
And about how different signals (parts of body language) can mean completely different things depending on context, try discussing the word “Dude”. Just thinking about all the different things “Dude” might mean in a conversation (especially the ones that kids come up with) literally makes me laugh out loud!