Abstract

"Paralinguistics" is derived from the Latin words ("para" - beyond,"lingua" - language), meaning "beyond the language", "used with the language".Paralinguistics is a branch of linguistics, meaning "beside the language" and inlinguistics under this term the expression of an idea in a non-verbal way is meant.Accordingly, the words "non-verbal", "extralinguistics" are used as synonyms for thisterm. "Every natural physical action of a person is considered a nonverbal means,which is associated with the process of communication of speech, without beingincluded in the category of kinetic nonverbal means ..." (GV Kolshansky.)1

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