Definition of subvocal in English:
subvocal
adjective sʌbˈvəʊk(ə)lsəbˈvōkəl
Psychology Philosophy Relating to or denoting an unarticulated level of speech comparable to thought.
almost all of what is called ‘thinking’ is subvocal talk
Example sentencesExamples
- The sensor can even detect subvocal or silent speech.
- It heightens subvocal speech or forces you to - very quickly - develop nonverbal communication of some subtlety.
Derivatives
adverb
Philosophy Psychology If so, it may not be too long before students start getting detention for talking subvocally in class.
Example sentencesExamples
- Exhale while making the sound heeeee subvocally, flattening first your chest, then your solar plexus, and finally your lower abdomen.
- In their first experiment, scientists ‘trained’ special software to recognize six words and 10 digits that the researchers repeated subvocally.
- Before proceeding, the user should repeat the sentence vocally, subvocally, and mentally.
- Interviewers show ability to transmit a complete, detailed, subvocally perceptible answer co-occurrent to the question.