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Paralanguage refers to the non-verbal elements of communication used to modify meaning and convey emotion. Paralanguage may be expressed consciously or unconsciously, and it includes the pitch, volume, and, in some cases, intonation of speech. Sometimes the definition is restricted to vocally-produced sounds. The study of paralanguage is known as paralinguistics. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Metacommunicative competence is the ability to steeringly intervene within difficult conversations and to correct communication problems by utilizing the different ways of practical communication: verbal communication: by words or their meaning paraverbal communication: loudness of speaking, manner of speaking, when keeping silent, meaning of interrupting or interfering the conversation nonverbal... Nonverbal communication (NVC) is usually understood as the process of sending and receiving wordless messages. ... Look up Communication in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and ones environment. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Pitch may refer to: Look up Pitch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The volume of a solid object is the three-dimensional concept of how much space it occupies, often quantified numerically. ... Intonation is a term used to cover particular uses of tones in linguistics and music. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The human voice consists of sound made by a human using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, screaming. ...


In text-only communication such as email, chatrooms and instant messaging, paralinguistic elements can be displayed by emoticons, font and color choices, capitalization and the use of non-alphabetic or abstract characters. Nonetheless, paralanguage in written communication is limited in comparison with face-to-face conversation, sometimes leading to misunderstandings. E-mail, or email, is short for electronic mail and is a method of composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. ... A chat room is an online forum where people can chat online (talk by broadcasting messages to people on the same forum in real time). ... A screenshot of PowWow, one of the first instant messengers with a graphical user interface Instant messaging or IM is a form of real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text. ... An emoticon (pronounced (IPA) ) is a small piece of specialized ASCII art (usually two to five characters, always on a single line) used in text messages as informal markup to indicate emotions and attitudes that would be conveyed by body language in face-to-face communications. ... A font can mean: A member of a typeface family; or digital font - file format that encapsulates a typeface family in a database. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... For any word written in a language whose alphabet has distinct cases (such as the Latin, Greek, or Cyrillic alphabets), capitalization (or capitalisation) is the writing of a word with its first letter as a majuscule (upper case letter) and the remaining letters in minuscules (lower case letters). ...


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paralanuage is gay This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Non-verbal behaviour related to movement, either of any part of the body or the body as a whole. ... Bus shelter with seats with armrests, designed to deter proximity, as well as sleeping. ... Metacommunicative competence is the ability to steeringly intervene within difficult conversations and to correct communication problems by utilizing the different ways of practical communication: verbal communication: by words or their meaning paraverbal communication: loudness of speaking, manner of speaking, when keeping silent, meaning of interrupting or interfering the conversation nonverbal... Intercultural competence is the ability for successful communication with people of other cultures. ...


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References

  • Robbins, S. and Langton, N. (2001) Organizational Behaviour: Concepts, Controversies, Applications (2nd Canadian ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-H

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Meatball Wiki: ParaLanguage (1124 words)
Paralanguage is communication that goes beyond the specific spoken words.
Paralanguage reminds us that people convey their feelings not only in what they say, but also in how they say it.
The intonational ParaLanguage that conveys emotional intent is like colour that connects chunks'' of words and ideas together (that is, it's higher level than clauses).
LINGUIST List 14.1023: Anthropological Linguistics: Poyatos (2002) (2938 words)
Paralanguage or ''nonverbal qualities and modifiers of voice and independent sounds and silences'' can be divided into four categories: primary qualities which individualize: timbre, resonance, intensity or loudness, pitch register, intonation (monotone-melodious) syllabic length and rhythm; qualifiers which are different types of voice as i.e.
The importance of paralanguage and emblems (defined as nonambiguous gestures) especially in intercultural encounters is highlighted to end the first volume of the trilogy.
The primary qualities of paralanguage, the first of the non-segmental categories, are those voice qualities that differentiate individuals: timbre, resonance, intensity, tempo, pitch, intonation range, rhythm.
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