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Brown, Gillian – Language Center News, 1978
Intonation refers to the rise and fall of the pitch contour within a given tone group as distinguished from paralinguistic vocal features which refer to aspects like placement of contour in the pitch range of an individual, pitch span, loudness/softness, and features of voice quality. Intonation and paralinguistic vocal features perform at least…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Intonation, Language Patterns, Paralinguistics
von Raffler-Engel, Walburga; And Others – 1978
This study attempts to show the intrinsic connection between the verbal and nonverbal components of human communication. It suggests that consecutive interpreters should not transform spoken language into what amounts to an incomplete form of the corresponding written language, but that they should transfer gestures of the source language and…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Context