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nonverbal chap 6
Vocal Behavior
Term | Definition | |
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dialect | the use of different words to reference similar meanings (linguistic) | |
filled pauses | interruptions in the stream of speech content that are filled with audible sounds such as "uh," stuttering and slips of the tongue or repetitions | |
response latency | the time it takes a person to begin speaking after another stops | |
sarcasm | saying one thing and communicating something else | |
unfilled pauses or silence | periods when vocal activity stops during the spoken utterance | |
vocal characterizers | nonlanguage sounds such as laughing, crying, whimpering, giggling, snickering and sobbing | |
vocal qualifiers | similar to voice qualities but qualify or regulate specific portions of the utterance | intensity, pitch, rate, volume |
voice qualities | modifications of the vocal cues that accompany spoken words. they modify an entire stream of speech | characteristics including tempo, resonance, rhythm control, articulation control, pitch control, glottis control, vocal lip control, and pitch range |
vocal segregates | include many common filler sounds such as "uh-uh-uh," "er," "ah" "and-ah, and "you know." | |
vocalics | the study of the communicative value of vocal behavior | |
vocalizations | audible vocal cues that do not have the structure of language, and may or may not be accompanied by spoken word | |
paralanguage | Vocal Behavior, Includes all oral cues in the stream of spoken utterances EXCEPT the words themselves | |
hesitation | a type of silence when you're uncertain about what to say next | ex: during an interview you pause to decide how to answer the question |
Psycholinguistic | a type of silence when you're translating thoughts to words | ex: we know what we want to say, we are trying to figure out the best way to say it. Like when you can see the word you want to say but can’t bring it out. |
interactive | a type of silence which is a product of the interaction | ex: when you're done talking and you wait for the other person to speak (comfortable silence) |
types of interruption | argumentative, content irrelevent, communicative interruption | |
Argumentative | the negative aspect of interruptions | |
content irrelevant | someone says something that makes you think of something someone says something that makes you think of something else and triggers another convo | |
Communicative interruption | ex: I want to make sure I understand what you are talking about before we move forward | |
accent | refers to the different ways words are said (paralinguistic) |