"Speaking" commonly means voice utterances, but in a larger sense all communication from sender to receiver can be seen as "speaking." Such informal and less codified communication as "body language," "facial expressions" and the like are not exactly "systems, because not shared by a large community. But Morse Code, Braille, Sign Language, and the like are indeed communication systems, all of which provide "communication" without speaking. The scholarly approach to these disciplines deals with "signifier" and "signified," the object, idea, concept referred to and the "signifier" that works as a mutual code element to give the same image or thought to both the sender and the receiver. Of course, many "spoken" signifiers are imperfect -- pot? Is the signified a metal cooking vessel? Or is it a mood-changing substance? (Refer to the standard equation for the elements of communication -- sender, receiver, code, medium, static, etc.)
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