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paralanguage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun paralanguage has 1 sense
- paralanguage(n = noun.communication) paralinguistic communication - the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings; Array is a kind of communication
has parts: delivery, manner of speaking, speech
OXFORD DICTIONARY
paralanguage, n. elements or factors in communication that are ancillary to language proper, e.g. intonation and gesture.
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