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  2. Paralanguage - Wikipedia

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    Emotional tone of voice, itself paralinguistic information, has been shown to affect the resolution of lexical ambiguity. Some words have homophonous partners; some of these homophones appear to have an implicit emotive quality, for instance, the sad "die" contrasted with the neutral "dye"; uttering the sound /dai/ in a sad tone of voice can ...

  3. Utterance - Wikipedia

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    These include paralinguistic features which are forms of communication that do not involve words but are added around an utterance to give meaning. Examples of paralinguistic features include facial expressions, laughter, eye contact, and gestures. Prosodic features refer to the sound of someone's voice as they speak: pitch, intonation and stress.

  4. Prosody (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, prosody (/ ˈ p r ɒ s ə d i, ˈ p r ɒ z-/) [1] [2] is the study of elements of speech that are not individual phonetic segments (vowels and consonants) but which are properties of syllables and larger units of speech, including linguistic functions such as intonation, stress, and rhythm.

  5. English prosody - Wikipedia

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    While the aspects discussed above can be seen in monologue speech, the prosody of dialog is much richer. The ultimate purposes of dialog – suggesting, persuading, building rapport, enjoying each other's company, comparing perspectives, making plans, and so on – are typically accomplished in part through the use of various prosodic patterns.

  6. Tone (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning—that is, to distinguish or to inflect words. [1] All oral languages use pitch to express emotional and other para-linguistic information and to convey emphasis, contrast and other such features in what is called intonation, but not all languages use tones to distinguish words or their inflections, analogously ...

  7. 49 states are in drought conditions, threatening water ... - AOL

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    Drought conditions have gripped nearly the entire country, with only one state spared as a bone-dry autumn left most states parched. In November, Kentucky became the 49th state to cross into ...

  8. Voice user interface - Wikipedia

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    Modulating other paralinguistic features (e.g. the loudness of their voice) allows the user to control different features of the drawing, such as the thickness of the brush stroke. Other approaches include adopting non-verbal sounds to augment touch-based interfaces (e.g. on a mobile phone) to support new types of gestures that wouldn't be ...

  9. Participation in mental health care in low-income households ...

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    Wealth inequality casts its shadow on everything from children's early development to adults' emotional well-being. It directly impacts education, housing, wellness and mental health.In fact ...