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  1. paralanguage
    the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings
    Paralanguage refers to the non-verbal elements of communication used to modify meaning and convey emotion.
  2. vocalizer
    an organism that can utter vocal sounds
    It has its origin in the fact that the acoustic frequencies in the voice of small vocalizers are high while they are low in the voice of large vocalizers.
  3. feature of speech
    (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind
    Some of the linguistic features of speech, in particular of its prosody, are paralinguistic or pre-linguistic in origin.
  4. speech communication
    (language) communication by word of mouth
    The paralinguistic properties of speech play an important role in human speech communication.
  5. phonetic transcription
    a transcription intended to represent each distinct speech sound with a separate symbol
    Ordinary phonetic transcriptions of utterances reflect only the linguistically informative quality.
  6. speech organ
    any of the organs involved in speech production
    Organic aspects
    The speech organs of different speakers differ in size.
  7. factor out
    consider as relevant when making a decision
    The problem of how listeners factor out the linguistically informative quality from speech signals is a topic of current research.
  8. emoticon
    a facial expression represented by a sequence of characters
    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.
  9. speech sound
    (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
    Sound localization functions in a similar way also for non-speech sounds.
  10. phylogenetically
    with regard to phylogeny
    It is universally reflected in expressive variation, and it is reasonable to assume that it has phylogenetically given rise to the sexual dimorphism that lies behind the large difference in pitch between average female and male adults.
  11. dimorphism
    (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms
    It is universally reflected in expressive variation, and it is reasonable to assume that it has phylogenetically given rise to the sexual dimorphism that lies behind the large difference in pitch between average female and male adults.
  12. linguistically
    with respect to language
    Ordinary phonetic transcriptions of utterances reflect only the linguistically informative quality.
  13. Saussure
    Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)
    The latter are phenomena that can be observed in speech (Saussure's parole) but that do not belong to the arbitrary conventional code of language (Saussure's langue).
  14. linguistic
    consisting of or related to language
    However, the distinction linguistic vs. paralinguistic applies not only to speech but to writing and sign language as well, and it is not bound to any sensory modality.
  15. written communication
    communication by means of written symbols
    Nonetheless, paralanguage in written communication is limited in comparison with face-to-face conversation, sometimes leading to misunderstandings.
  16. localize
    concentrate on a particular place or spot
    One can distinguish the following aspects of speech signals and perceived utterances:

    Perspectival aspects
    Speech signals that arrive at a listener’s ears have acoustic properties that may allow listeners to localize the speaker (distance, direction).
  17. modality
    the manner or style in which something is done
    However, the distinction linguistic vs. paralinguistic applies not only to speech but to writing and sign language as well, and it is not bound to any sensory modality.
  18. face-to-face
    directly facing each other
    Nonetheless, paralanguage in written communication is limited in comparison with face-to-face conversation, sometimes leading to misunderstandings.
  19. drastic
    forceful and extreme and rigorous
    The perspectival aspects of lip reading are more obvious and have more drastic effects when head turning is involved.
Created on Thu Feb 17 02:42:12 EST 2011

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