Usually means: Non-verbal elements supporting spoken communication.
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  1. paralanguage: Merriam-Webster
  2. paralanguage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paralanguage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. paralanguage: Collins English Dictionary
  5. paralanguage: Vocabulary.com
  6. paralanguage: Wiktionary
  7. paralanguage: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. paralanguage: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. paralanguage: Dictionary.com
  10. Paralanguage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. paralanguage: Rhymezone
  12. paralanguage: FreeDictionary.org
  13. paralanguage: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. paralanguage: TheFreeDictionary.com

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. paralanguage: Anthropological Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (paralanguage)

noun:  (linguistics) The non-verbal elements of speech, and to a limited extent of writing, used to modify meaning and convey emotion, such as pitch, volume, and intonation

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