Overview

This is the first interdisciplinary book-length treatment of paralanguage, briefly defined as: nonverbal vocal or narial communication. After sensitizing the reader to our sound-generating movements and to all human external and environmental sounds for their unquestionable communicative qualities, it realistically combines an anatomical-physiological auditory approach to voice production (identifying many neglected articulations) with the analysis of its visual manifestations as the triple reality of speech: language-paralanguage-kinesics. The primary qualities of speech (loudness, pitch etc.) are extensively discussed, as are the many voice qualities. The longest chapter in the book deals with paralinguistic differentiators: laughter, crying, sighing, yawning, coughing, sneezing etc. Finally the author presents a model for analyzing paralinguistic alternants, word-like independent constructs (such as Pooh, Aah and Brrr). Throughout the discussion of these paralinguistic phenomena, extensive attention is given to cultural, social and psychological aspects. This first, ground-breaking interdisciplinary work on paralanguage will serve as a source of data and a theoretical/methodological model for phoneticians, linguists, anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, speech therapists etc.

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Author:   Fernando Poyatos (University of New Brunswick)
Publisher:   Benjamins (John) North America Inc.,US
Imprint:   Benjamins (John) North America Inc.,US
Volume:   92
Weight:   1.010kg
ISBN:  

9781556191497

ISBN 10:   1556191499
Pages:   478
Publication Date:   06 May 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

1. Preface & Acknowledgements; 2. Introduction; 3. 1. From Movement to Sound: The Sign-Emitting Activities and Nonactivities of the Human Body as a Communicator; 4. 2. The Anatomy and Physiology of Vocal-Narial Sound Production: An Audible-Visual Approach to Language and Paralanguage; 5. 3. Language-Paralanguage-Kinesics: The Basic Triple Structure of Communication in Face-To-Face Interaction; 6. 4. Primary Qualities: The Speaker-Identifying Paralinguistic Features; 7. 5. Qualifiers: The Many Voices of Interaction; 8. 6. Differentiators: The Eloquence of Emotional and Physiological Reactions; 9. 7. Alternants: The Vocabulary Beyond the Dictionary; 10. Conclusion; 11. References; 12. Literary References; 13. List of Illustrations; 14. Name Index; 15. Subject Index

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