| paralinguistics |
| Definition - The study of paralanguage, i.e. the non-phonemic but vocal aspects of speech, such as voice tone and speech tempo. |
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Etymology - The term derives from the Greek para, beside + linguistics. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1958: "A part of communication activity which is outside the area of microlinguistics … is what can be called paralinguistics." (A. A. Hill Introd. Ling. Struct. xxi. 408) |
