PARALANGUAGEThe way in which you say words

By:Adya PandaVikash Kumar GiriAbhishek PramanikTenzin LekdenLinkan TantyShubhra Salil

INTRODUCTIONParalanguage is part of nonverbal communication. Para linguistics are what accompany your words to make up its true meaning .

NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION It includes facial expressions, tones of voice, gestures, eye contact, spatial arrangements, patterns of touch, expressive movement, cultural differences, and other "nonverbal" acts.

PARALANGUAGE Features that accompany speech and contribute to communication but are not considered part of the language system.The nonverbal voice qualities, modifiers, and sounds which we use consciously or unconsciously supporting or contradicting the linguistic, kinesics, or proxemic messages either simultaneously or alternating with them.

How loudly or softly you are speaking

When might you speak loudly?Softly?

How fast or slow you are speaking

When might you speak fast?Or slow?

How something is said rather than what is said .Vocal Cues

CONCEPTSAccording to Rozelle , Druckman and Baxter (1997), an important factor in studying paralinguistic behavior is the difference between the encoder and decoder. The encoder produces and relays the behaviors to be inferred. The decoder accepts these behaviors and interprets them based on his individual approach.

Why do we study Paralanguage? Paralinguistic messages communicate emotions :It is strongly related to verbal communication.Without Paralinguistic messages you can not communicate .

Major Prospects in the Study of ParalanguageThe paralanguage can be categorized into three major dimensions namely :• positiveness • potency • and responsiveness

POSITIVENESS

Refers to the assessment of other people or objects that are described in terms of liking. Revealed through, for example, eye contact, forward lean, and distance.

POTENCY Represents status or social control and is revealed through hand and neck relaxation, sideways lean, reclining angle and arm-leg position asymmetry. RESPONSIVENESS Is a combination of activity and state of alertness.

Problems of studying Paralanguage • Can be ambiguous • Are continuous •Are multichannel • Are culture-bound

Principles of Paralanguage Paralanguage refers to  the vocal aspect of communication.

Verbal elements are the particular words we choose when speaking.

PARALANGUAGE INCLUDES…. Voice Qualities: Pitch Range Resonance Vocal Lip Control Tempo

Articulation Control Rhythm Control

Vocal Characteristics: •Laughing, crying, whispering, snoring, yelling, moaning, groaning, yawning, whining, sneezing, sighing, belches, hiccups .•Remember that these characteristics are the vocal aspects of these actions, so imagine that these pictures are making noises.

Voice Qualifiers:

intensity (overloud , over soft)

pitch height extent Vocal Segregates: silent pauses