7. Alternants: The Vocabulary Beyond the Dictionary

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Preface & Acknowledgements xiii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. From Movement to Sound: The Sign-Emitting Activities and Nonactivities of the Human Body as a Communicator 13
6. 2. The Anatomy and Physiology of Vocal-Narial Sound Production: An Audible-Visual Approach to Language and Paralanguage 45
7. 3. Language-Paralanguage-Kinesics: The Basic Triple Structure of Communication in Face-To-Face Interaction 121
8. 4. Primary Qualities: The Speaker-Identifying Paralinguistic Features 175
9. 5. Qualifiers: The Many Voices of Interaction 199
10. 6. Differentiators: The Eloquence of Emotional and Physiological Reactions 245
11. 7. Alternants: The Vocabulary Beyond the Dictionary 379
12. Conclusion 451
13. References 453
14. Literary References 463
15. List of Illustrations 467
16. Name Index 469
17. Subject Index 473