paralanguage

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Hellenic *pərai

Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)

Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der.

English para-

Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s

Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā

Latin dingua

Latin lingua

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Vulgar Latin *linguāticum

Old French languagebor.

Middle English langage

English language

English paralanguage

From para- + language.

Noun

paralanguage (countable and uncountable, plural paralanguages)

1. (linguistics) 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

Related terms

• paralingual

Translations

non-verbal elements of speech

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 副語言 / 副语言 (fùyǔyán)

• Czech: parajazyk (cs) m
• Finnish: parakieli (fi), vokaliikka
• French: paralangage (fr) m
• Spanish: paralenguaje (es) m