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Word: Paralinguistics
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1950s; earliest use found in Archibald Anderson Hill (b. 1902). From para- + linguistics
Definition:
The branch of linguistics which studies non-phonemic aspects of speech, such as tone of voice, tempo, etc.; non-phonemic characteristics of communication; paralanguage.
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