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PRONUNCIATION OF PARALINGUISTIC

paralinguistic  [ˈpærəˌlɪŋɡwɪstɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARALINGUISTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Paralinguistic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PARALINGUISTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

paralinguistic

Paralanguage

Paralanguage is a component of meta-communication that may modify or nuance meaning, or convey emotion, such as prosody, pitch, volume, intonation etc. It is sometimes defined as relating to nonphonemic properties only. Paralanguage may be expressed consciously or unconsciously. The study of paralanguage is known as paralinguistics, and was invented by George L. Trager in the 1950s, while he was working at the Foreign Service Institute of the Department of State. His colleagues at the time included Henry Lee Smith, Charles F. Hockett, Edward T. Hall developing proxemics, and Ray Birdwhistell developing kinesics. Trager published his conclusions in 1958, 1960 and 1961. His work has served as a basis for all later research, especially those investigating the relationship between paralanguage and culture. A good example is the work of John J. Gumperz on language and social identity, which specifically describes paralinguistic differences between participants in intercultural interactions.

Definition of paralinguistic in the English dictionary

The definition of paralinguistic in the dictionary is of or relating to paralanguage.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARALINGUISTIC


artistic
ɑːˈtɪstɪk
characteristic
ˌkærɪktəˈrɪstɪk
crosslinguistic
ˌkrɒslɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
ethnolinguistic
ˌeθnəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
extralinguistic
ˌekstrəlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
holistic
həʊˈlɪstɪk
Jahwistic
jɑːˈwɪstɪk
linguistic
lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
logistic
lɒˈdʒɪstɪk
metalinguistic
ˌmɛtəlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
mystic
ˈmɪstɪk
neurolinguistic
ˌnjʊərəʊˌlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
nonlinguistic
ˌnɒnlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
polycystic
ˌpɒlɪˈsɪstɪk
psycholinguistic
ˈsaɪkəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
realistic
ˌrɪəˈlɪstɪk
sociolinguistic
ˌsəʊsɪəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
statistic
stəˈtɪstɪk
ventriloquistic
venˌtrɪləˈkwɪstɪk
Yahwistic
jɑːˈwɪstɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARALINGUISTIC

paralanguage
paraldehyde
paralegal
paraleipomena
paraleipomenon
paraleipses
paraleipsis
paralexia
paralexic
paralimnion
paralinguistics
paralipomena
paralipomenon
paralipses
paralipsis
parallactic
parallactical
parallactically
parallax
parallel

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARALINGUISTIC

anachronistic
antagonistic
autistic
ballistic
deterministic
domestic
floristic
futuristic
heuristic
journalistic
mechanistic
minimalistic
opportunistic
pessimistic
probabilistic
sadistic
simplistic
stylistic
synergistic
touristic
unrealistic

Synonyms and antonyms of paralinguistic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «paralinguistic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARALINGUISTIC

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The translations of paralinguistic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paralinguistic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

副语言
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paralingüística
570 millions of speakers

English

paralinguistic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

paralinguistic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموازية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

паралингвистических
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paralingüística
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

paralinguistic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paralinguistiques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paralinguistic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

paralinguistischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パラ言語の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

paralinguistic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paralinguistik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

paralinguistic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மொழிகடந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परैलीनियस्टिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paralinguistic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paralinguistic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paralinguistic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

паралингвистических
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paralingvistic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραγλωσσικών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

paralinguistic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

paralingvistisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

paralinguistic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paralinguistic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARALINGUISTIC»

The term «paralinguistic» is normally little used and occupies the 129.026 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARALINGUISTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about paralinguistic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARALINGUISTIC»

Discover the use of paralinguistic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paralinguistic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Proceedings of the Paralinguistic Information and its ...
This volume includes proceedings articles presented at the Workshop on Paralinguistic Information and its Integration in Spoken Dialogue Systems held in Granada, Spain.
Ramon Lopez-Cozar Delgado, Tetsunori Kobayashi, 2011
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Paralanguage: A linguistic and interdisciplinary approach to ...
This is the first interdisciplinary book-length treatment of paralanguage, briefly defined as: nonverbal vocal or narial communication.
Fernando Poyatos, 1993
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Transcribing Talk and Interaction: Issues in the ...
chapter. 4. Transcribing. interactional. and. paralinguistic. features. 4.1 Introduction The basic representational issues discussed in Chapter 3 are important in determining which media playback software program to use, how much white space ...
Christopher Joseph Jenks, 2011
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Semiotics of Language, Literature, and Culture
Similarly there are certain aspects which are generally called paralinguistic features. For example 'loudness' is a paralinguistic feature. If in a given situation a speaker is trying to imitate another speaker he changes his basic 'tone of voice' and ...
Vennelaṇṭi Prakāśam, 1999
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Intonation
In this chapter a brief look is taken at other prosodic and paralinguistic features with which intonation interacts and at the relationship of intonation to other media , i.e. writing and gesture; the chapter ends with an overview of the present ...
Alan Cruttenden, 1997
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Organization of Behavior in Face-to-face Interaction
PHILIP LIEBERMAN Current linguistic theory rigidly compartmentalizes the " linguistic" and "paralinguistic" aspects of human communication. Linguistic communication has been equated to the transmission of cognitive, referential information.
Adam Kendon, Richard M. Harris, Mary Ritchie Key, 1975
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The Semiotics of Beckett's Theatre: A Semiotic Study of the ...
understanding of linguistic and paralinguistic signs in theatre can never be completed unless the kinesic and proxemic behavior of the actor is taken into account. 1.1.3. KINESIC SIGNS Up to this point, we have taken issue with only those ...
Khaled Besbes, 2007
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Self-Disclosure: Theory, Research and Therapy
the right-handed and left-handed groups showed little difference in their ratings of scenes that contained either linguistic or paralinguistic incon- gruencies. Both groups made equally graduated ratings across the three levels of incongruency in ...
Valerian J. Derlaga, John H. Berg, 1987
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Semantics::
cf. 17.1.) The phenomenon of semiotic conflict may hold, it should be noted, not only between vocal and non- vocal signals, or between the linguistic and paralinguistic components of an utterance, but also between the verbal and the prosodic ...
John Lyons, 1977
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Coherence in Spoken and Written Discourse: How to Create it ...
Moreover, finding appropriate answers sometimes depends crucially on prosodic and paralinguistic framing devices. Where prosodic and paralinguistic signals are inappropriate or ambiguous (and verbal content does not fully disambiguate),  ...
Wolfram Bublitz, Uta Lenk, Eija Ventola, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARALINGUISTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paralinguistic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Comment: The internet talks like a woman
... though old-fashioned writing lacked the paralinguistic elements, like tone and body language, that shaped the meaning of our spoken words. «SBS, Jun 15»
2
Ask Sandy: My boyfriend has no manners
It involves proximity (how near or far we are to someone), paralinguistic cues (the way our voices sounds), intonation, dress, posture, gestures ... «Herald Sun, Jun 15»
3
The Internet Talks Like a Woman
... though old-fashioned writing lacked the paralinguistic elements, like tone and body language, that shaped the meaning of our spoken words. «New York Magazine, May 15»
4
Is your voice trustworthy, engaging or soothing to strangers?
Psychology has shown that certain cues in speech, known as paralinguistic elements, are more important than others when it comes to ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
5
Want to wow an interviewer? Voicemail follow ups beat email
That's because “paralinguistic cues — like tone, pauses, volume, variations in pitch, and the pace at which someone talks — can reveal the ... «Fortune, Mar 15»
6
The secret vocal cues of flirting
Also, “paralinguistic modulation” in one language may be a result of certain parameters which are specific to that language. The University of ... «RedOrbit, Jan 15»
7
I was out of line - Mbumba
... such a good thing Hon Mbumba apolgized to the nation,however what he frankly said during the occasion was paralinguistic,as a laeader we ... «Namibian, Nov 14»
8
Can Your Voice Get You Hired? New Software Helps People Find …
The service uses algorithms to assess paralinguistic elements of speech, such as tone and inflection, and predict which emotions a specific ... «Fast Company, Nov 14»
9
New Speech Technology Matches Service Workers to Jobs
Paralinguistic elements, such as tone of voice, complement verbal communication and may add meaning. That means "how" things are said is ... «GlobeNewswire, Oct 14»
10
Book to the Future: The 'TBD Catalog' Extrapolates on the Way We …
... The omission of paralinguistic tropes such as trumped-up next-gen QR glyphs or cryptic machine-readable watermarks (for Amazon phones, ... «Core77.com, Oct 14»

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