paralinguistic communication


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Noun1.paralinguistic communication - the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings
communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
manner of speaking, delivery, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
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Meetings were video-recorded and a voice recorder was also used as back-up; the video-recordings also allowed observation of paralinguistic communication such as facial expressions and body language.
Lexical devices in Paralinguistic Communication in Chinua Achebe's "A Man of the people".
They discuss an attorney's demeanor, verbal communications, paralinguistic communications, kinesic communications, relationship with the client, and storytelling.