paralinguisticadj.
/ˌparəlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛrəˌlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/ Linguistics.
Of or belonging to paralanguage; relating to or designating non-phonemic speech features.
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paralinguistic1955
vocalic1970
supralanguage1975
1955 German Q. 28 285 Welmers discussed the non-segmental elements in foreign language learning, that is, the intonational, intensity, and duration patterns, which he proposed to call ‘para-linguistic features’.
1959 College Eng. 20 iv. 172 Kinesic and paralinguistic phenomena constitute separate patterned systems, which differ in their structure from culture to culture.
1967 J. M. Argyle Psychol. Interpersonal Behaviour v. 89 People are often quite unaware of the emotive, paralinguistic aspects of their speech—they do not realize how cross they sound, for instance.
1976 Amer. Speech 1974 49 286 Nonverbal, paralinguistic features related to male/female language involve voice pitch, body language and facial expression, and the place of silence in sex-role communication.
1987 Multilingua 6 298 The writer uses a very colloquial style..and even tries to imitate paralinguistic features spelling so with three o's.
Derivatives
paralinˈguistically adv.
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paralinguistically1965
1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 11 36 This is linguistically and paralinguistically irrelevant.
1991 Amer. Speech 66 270 Quotation is signalled paralinguistically by a change in timbre, voice quality, intonation, gestures, facial expression, etc.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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