Paralinguistic Features

En este episodio, vamos a ver qué son las paralinguistic features (siguiendo la teoría de Harmer y Brown), qué tipos existen y qué características tienen. A continuación, la lista de paralinguistic features (recordar que no es importante mencionar las formas normales de cada una, las pongo solo para establecer los grados de desviacion de la norma): Pitch span (the amount of movement in the pitch of the voice) -Extended pitch span / Normal pitch span / Restricted pitch span Placing in Voice Range (each individual voice has a range in which they speak) - Squeaky / High Placing in Voice Range / Normal PVR / Low Placing in Voice Range / Growl Tempo (speed of delivery of a message) -Rapid or fast tempo / Normal tempo / Slow tempo Loudness (the size of the amplitude of the vibration) -Loud voice or loudness / Normal voice / Soft voice or softness Voice setting (adjustments in the vocal cords which bring about various effects of the voice) - Creaky voice / Normal voice /Breathy voice (remember: no vibration of the vocal cords) Articulatory Setting (amount of tenseness of the articulatory tract) - Tense articulatory setting / Normal articulatory setting Articulatory Precision (amount of precision of articulation) Precise articulation / Normal Art / Slurred articulation (alcoholic speech) Timing in Segments / Syllables (extend a syllable or segment) -Extended timing of segments or syllables (drawling) / Normal timing Lip setting (the posture of the lips affects the sound of the spoken message) -Smiling lip setting / Normal / Pursed lip setting (pouting out the lips) Pause (connected to the rhythmic structure of speech) -Rhetorical pauses / Normal pauses