Overview

An interdisciplinary treatment of paralanguage - nonverbal vocal or narial communication. It combines an anatomical-physiological auditory approach to voice production with the analysis of its visual manifestations as the triple reality of speech: language-paralanguage-kinesis.

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Author:   Fernando Poyatos (University of New Brunswick)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   92
Weight:   1.010kg
ISBN:  

9789027235275

ISBN 10:   9027235279
Pages:   478
Publication Date:   06 May 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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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