Multiple choice

Which of these terms is used to refer to non-verbal elements of speech?

  1. Paralanguage

  2. Kinesics

  3. Proxemics

  4. Media Content

  5. Chronemics
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Explanation

The term 'paralanguage' is often used to refer to non-verbal elements of speech. Paralanguage is a component of meta-communication that may modify or nuance meaning, or convey emotion, such as prosody, pitch, volume, intonation, etc. It is sometimes defined as relating to nonphonemic properties only. Paralanguage may be expressed consciously or unconsciously. The study of paralanguage is known as paralinguistics.

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