Definition of paralinguistic in English:
paralinguistic
adjective parəlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪkˌpɛrəlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
Relating to or denoting paralanguage or the non-lexical elements of communication by speech.
Example sentencesExamples
- From a practical standpoint, it is impossible to capture nonverbal and paralinguistic cues from early presidents' speeches.
- Video-clips of instructors were used so that perceivers would have access to paralinguistic information, which is presumably important in altruist-detection.
- I agree with his dissection of McClellan's delivery, and I think that all of the paralinguistic cues may have informed the White House stenographer's interpretation of McClellan's interjection.
- Although these studies highlight the importance of the voice in the seductive interaction, the data about the paralinguistic features are quantitatively limited and qualitatively restricted to a perceptual analysis only.
- A transcript was used rather than an audiotaped conversation so as to provide no paralinguistic or vocalic cues regarding the nature of the ambiguous evaluative comments.
Definition of paralinguistic in US English:
paralinguistic
adjectiveˌperəliNGˈɡwistikˌpɛrəlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
Relating to or denoting paralanguage or the nonlexical elements of communication by speech.
Example sentencesExamples
- Video-clips of instructors were used so that perceivers would have access to paralinguistic information, which is presumably important in altruist-detection.
- From a practical standpoint, it is impossible to capture nonverbal and paralinguistic cues from early presidents' speeches.
- I agree with his dissection of McClellan's delivery, and I think that all of the paralinguistic cues may have informed the White House stenographer's interpretation of McClellan's interjection.
- Although these studies highlight the importance of the voice in the seductive interaction, the data about the paralinguistic features are quantitatively limited and qualitatively restricted to a perceptual analysis only.
- A transcript was used rather than an audiotaped conversation so as to provide no paralinguistic or vocalic cues regarding the nature of the ambiguous evaluative comments.