CMN 2132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tonality, Voiceprint Records, Paralanguage

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2132
• Professor: N/ A

Document Summary

Video joey & rachel but ross is fine. Says he"s fine but pitch is way off. Para component of meta communicators concerned with how something is said. Also called vocalics (nonverbal messages of the voice to add meaning to our verbal communication) People normally use paralanguage multiple times per day and are sometimes not even aware of it. 8 qualities: pronunciation, articulation, loudness, pitch, duration, regularity. We understand the non-lexical features of speech before we even know word definition & usages. Includes both the international and unintentional meanings behind words. Trager identified 8 vocal qualities that include: pitch range, vocal/lip control. Vocal characterizers: sounds that stand alone as symbols (laughing) Voice qualifiers temp variations in pitch, volume & rate of ______________ Vocalics exist as a small window of presence includes: identification & self-presentation controlling interaction relationships with other interactants display of cognitive & affective information deception. Voiceprints each individual has speech qualities to them.