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PARALANGUAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paralanguage mean?
• PARALANGUAGE (noun)
The noun PARALANGUAGE has 1 sense:
1. the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings
Familiarity information: PARALANGUAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
paralanguage; paralinguistic communication
Hypernyms ("paralanguage" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
Meronyms (parts of "paralanguage"):
delivery; manner of speaking; speech (your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally)
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