paralanguagen.
/ˈparəˌlaŋɡwɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ Linguistics.
The non-phonemic but vocal component of speech, such as tone of voice, tempo of speech, and sighing, by which communication is assisted.Sometimes also taken to include non-vocal factors such as gesture and facial expression; cf. kinesics n.
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paralanguage1958
vocalics1978
1958 G. L. Trager in Stud. in Linguistics 13 4 The vocalizations and voice qualities together are being called paralanguage (a term suggested by A. A. Hill).
1959 H. L. Smith in College Eng. 20 172/2 Speech does not take place in a vacuum but is surrounded, as it were, by patterned bodily motions—the kinesic system—and by systematically analyzable vocalizations, or paralanguage.
1972 W. M. Austin in A. L. Davis Culture, Class, & Lang. Variety viii. 159 We judge the dynamic and effective speaker by his use of kinesics and paralanguage as well as language.
1974 Crit. Q. 1 94 Spoken language..is accompanied by what can be called paralanguage: for example the use of gestures & the way a thing is said.
2001 D. Crystal Lang. & Internet ii. 34 Prosody and paralanguage—phonological terms which capture the notion of ‘it ain't what you say but the way that you say it’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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