Paralanguage

Introduction Humans are social animals. We make spontaneous use of language by continuously interacting with each other. When we engage in a conversation, words enable us to reach out to other people, but they are not the only resource available. We say a lot with our face, gestures, intonation and many other types of meaningful behaviour known as paralanguage. The word paralanguage was first used by Trager (1958) and refers to ‘non-phonemic but vocal component of speech, such as tone of voice, tempo of speech, and sighing, by which communication is assisted’ (Oxford English Dictionary). The Greek prefix ‘para’ already hints that paralanguage is not separated from speech but, rather, something that goes alongside it. Words have meaning on their…

Shifting the emphasis from one word to another in a sentence can greatly affect the meaning of the sentence. This is especially apparent when using sarcastic remarks. Just as an eye roll is a subtle gesture that can turn a compliment into an insult, emphasis and tone can do the same. Pauses are another powerful form of paralanguage. Pauses can be vocal or non-vocal and both carry meaning and influence. Think of a person who uses non-vocal pauses to collect their thoughts. They are often…

Studies have shown, according to Harvard, that there are many similarities found in across culture in non-verbal language,and paralanguage like “smiling, laughing, crying”and so on.” However how and when these non-verbal “exchanges” occur is when misunderstanding may also occur. Professor Julie Green remarked once in certain cultures ,direct eye-contact is an aggressive act while in American parents often command their children to “look them in the eye” when they are speaking to them.…

Communication usually refers to something external to both speaker and listener and at the same time they refer to the relationship between both. A message has both content and relationship aspect. Learning this class changed my life and my communication with people very widely. I have never give attention how we communicate nonverbally. More than 97% of our communication is through nonverbally (7), which means no word and connotation situation around the message. From all of our nonverbal…

person’s emotions and level of comfort in a situation, both elements of a person that they would never tell you, especially if it is the first time meeting you, but information that is important to a conversation. Paralanguage is the vocal channel of nonverbal communication and one of the most common. This refers to the style of how we speak, ‘which consists of the patterns of pausing and other irregularities of speech that accompany the words spoken’ (Matsumoto, Frank & Hwang, 2013). Rather…

a physical object, “objects add interest to a talk because they are real” (363). He showed some of his hockey equipment and was able to demonstrate how it was used. The audience was engaged because the audience could physically see the objects and felt more connected with the speech. Strong communicators use a wide range of paralanguages to keep the audience engaged. “The pitch, rate, and volume at which you speak and your use of silence called paralanguage or vocalics all provide important…

In addition, they may counter that the qualitative knowledge is more important in an undergraduate education. First the vocal, verbal communication is speech and the non-verbal vocal component are paralanguage (CITE). It is problematic that only the vocal components are accounted for because this only aligns with the connotation. The connotation or the idea/feeling evoked by a word different from its denotation, of the word communication is the verbal, vocal components because most of society is…

Virgil the landlord refuses to do repairs and the guys must hide Franco the pig from the Virgil. Throughout the episode the only way the guys can get there apartment fix was by not having the pig there anymore. Kelly took the pig to a farm. Which all of the guys was not happy about. The next day the guys apartment was fix. Then everyone went back to the farm to get the pig. The pig had pig babies. Cooper gave one of the baby pig to Virgil so he can keep Franco the pig in their place. At the end…

not only with the use of voice, but with the physical element of being with the patient as they can see the expression of the nurse and the information he/she is presenting for example the TV show embarrassing bodies helping patients via video calls. Communicating over the phone offers the nurse to talk directly to the patient in their comfortable environment. This creates a close contact to the patient as communicating outside of the hospital shows the patient that care doesn’t end by leaving…

could cause harm to themselves or others, then confidentiality can be breached in order to protect them from harm (Ministry of Ethics, 2010-2014). Similarly, if a service user is at risk of being abused, for example, a service user saying that their daughter keeps stealing money from them; this service user could be at risk of financial abuse (Nolan et al, 2005). Communication is a way of exchanging information and is a vital skill needed when working within the Healthcare sector (Langridge et…