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paralanguages

paralanguages is the plural of paralanguage.

Meaning of paralanguage

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

Questions about paralanguages

What is paralanguages the plural of?
Paralanguages is the plural of paralanguage.

Words near paralanguages in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paralanguages (page history and authors); paralanguage (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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