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paralanguage

paralanguage noun: 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.

Noun

paralanguage (countable and uncountable, plural paralanguages)

  1. 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

paralanguage meaning in Tamil

paralanguage in Tamil

துணைமொழி

Forms of paralanguage

pluralparalanguages

Origin of paralanguage

From para- + language.

Questions about paralanguage

What does paralanguage mean?
Paralanguage means 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.
What is paralanguage in Tamil?
Paralanguage in Tamil is துணைமொழி. See Paralanguage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is paralanguage?
Paralanguage is a noun.
What is the plural of paralanguage?
The plural of paralanguage is paralanguages.

Words near paralanguage in the dictionary

  1. paralacydoniid
  2. paralacydoniids
  3. paralalia
  4. paralambdacism
  5. paralaminar
  6. paralanguage
  7. paralanguages
  8. paralarva
  9. paralarvae
  10. paralarval
  11. paralaryngeal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paralanguage (page history and authors); paralanguage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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