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"1": "en",
"2": "para",
"3": "language"
},
"expansion": "para- + language",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "para- + language",
"forms": [
{
"form": "paralanguages",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "paralanguage (countable and uncountable, plural paralanguages)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with para-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Linguistics",
"orig": "en:Linguistics",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"The non-verbal elements of speech, and to a limited extent of writing, used to modify meaning and convey emotion, such as pitch, volume, and intonation"
],
"id": "en-paralanguage-en-noun--zwfZh2P",
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"non-verbal",
"non-verbal"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
],
[
"modify",
"modify"
],
[
"meaning",
"meaning"
],
[
"convey",
"convey"
],
[
"emotion",
"emotion"
],
[
"pitch",
"pitch"
],
[
"volume",
"volume"
],
[
"intonation",
"intonation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) The non-verbal elements of speech, and to a limited extent of writing, used to modify meaning and convey emotion, such as pitch, volume, and intonation"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "paralingual"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"word": "副語言"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùyǔyán",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"word": "副语言"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parajazyk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"word": "parakieli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"word": "vokaliikka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paralangage"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paralenguaje"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"paralanguage"
]
}
],
"word": "paralanguage"
}
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"1": "en",
"2": "para",
"3": "language"
},
"expansion": "para- + language",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "para- + language",
"forms": [
{
"form": "paralanguages",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "paralanguage (countable and uncountable, plural paralanguages)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "paralingual"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with para-",
"English uncountable nouns",
"en:Linguistics"
],
"glosses": [
"The non-verbal elements of speech, and to a limited extent of writing, used to modify meaning and convey emotion, such as pitch, volume, and intonation"
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"non-verbal",
"non-verbal"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
],
[
"modify",
"modify"
],
[
"meaning",
"meaning"
],
[
"convey",
"convey"
],
[
"emotion",
"emotion"
],
[
"pitch",
"pitch"
],
[
"volume",
"volume"
],
[
"intonation",
"intonation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) The non-verbal elements of speech, and to a limited extent of writing, used to modify meaning and convey emotion, such as pitch, volume, and intonation"
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"wikipedia": [
"paralanguage"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"word": "副語言"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fùyǔyán",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"word": "副语言"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parajazyk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"word": "parakieli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"word": "vokaliikka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paralangage"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "non-verbal elements of speech",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paralenguaje"
}
],
"word": "paralanguage"
}
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