The phrase "act of communicating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process or action involved in conveying information or messages between individuals or groups.
Example: "The act of communicating effectively is essential for building strong relationships in both personal and professional settings."
Alternatives: "process of communication" or "communication act".
"These findings suggest that the simple act of communicating with a companion or stranger provides an analgesic-sparing effect," the authors write in the April issue of the journal Pain Medicine.
The three laws "specifically put writers at risk", say the authors, and they "cannot stand quietly by as we watch our fellow writers and journalists pressed into silence or risking prosecution and often drastic punishment for the mere act of communicating their thoughts".
Take the act of communicating or informing (Mitteilen) as an example: at first glance, Reinach describes it as though communicating were just asserting.
The handsets are too big for them and the act of communicating on a mobile device makes them look like tiny, tantrum-prone adults.
In Canada, the offence of luring criminalises the act of communicating with children via a computer system for the purpose of facilitating or committing certain sexual offences, such as sexual exploitation or abduction.
Pamela Reeves, a recent PLEN seminar keynote, hit the nail on the head when she said that "we cannot underestimate how important the support of other women is to these aspiring leaders: the act of communicating "we have been there, we've got your back when you walk down that path" is a small contribution to the enormous gift they will be giving all of us by their success".
Listening is a big part of communicating.
So when we talk about signification, it's the act of signifying, of communicating one's thoughts by using words that are a sign of them, that is basic.
A hearer H gains knowledge through a speech act of S communicating p to H, who has to be competent in the language in which p is expressed, to know the words and grammatical forms, which H has learned, on most accounts, also chiefly through testimony but also in other ways such as analogy (according to some).
VAB possibly acts as a means of communicating the patient's discomfort [ 8, 35].
Reserved and economical of gesture in rehearsal, frequently inspirational in performance, he regarded conversation about his profession as a poor means of communicating about the act of music-making.
