paralanguage

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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

Similar words

paralinguistic communication epilanguage perlocution parole paratext paraliterature parlance paralogics parrotese paragoge

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Word family

paralanguages