Vocalics

Question 1

vocalics

Answer 1

vocal sounds without words

Question 2

Importance of vocalics

Answer 2

Communicates emotional reactions, comment on relationships, indicate social attitudes, and regulate the back-and-forth exchange conversations
Has phylogening(evolutionary) primacy
Has primacy in human development
Has interactional primary

Question 3

what 3 primacy does vocalics have

Answer 3

Phylogenic(evolutionary) primacy
interactional primacy
Primacy in human development

Question 4

advantages in vocalics

Answer 4

High attention-getting potential and arousal value
Exceeds other codes in the sheer number of possible features that can be used to form messages
A sender can engage in multiple vocalic cues at the same time
Vocalics is innate

Question 5

Interruptive speech

Answer 5

When speaker A starts and speaker B interrupts and then gains the speaking floot

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non-interruptive speech

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Speaker A gets to continue the conversation floor even after speaker B has interrupted for a moment

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Disadvantages of vocalics

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Large number of cues can be ambiguous and/or confusing, leading to inaccuracies, misunderstanding and/or conflict
Awareness for vocal features can be low
Vocalics are used more intentionally than other nonverbal codes, but the intentionality isnt always certain

Question 8

pitch

Answer 8

tone level from high to low

Question 8

Prosody

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-the melody and rhythm of an utterance and is often described in terms of timing, amplitude, and frequency spectrum as an utterance
–Prosody does not equal vocalics

Question 9

loudness

Answer 9

amplitude of voice

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inflection

Answer 10

-tonal patterns of voice

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emphasis

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specific points of stress

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time as a vocal feature

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-tempo/speed of speaking

Question 13

infant directed speech

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higher in pitch and slower
-Tendency to stretch souch and really articulate so the baby learns how to speak the language earlier

Question 14

pauses in vocalics

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-silences between words, clauses, at the end of sentences

Question 15

filled pauses

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-sounds/verbal fillers that fill the pauses in a conversation

Question 16

unfilled pauses

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silent pauses

Question 17

switch pauses

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-the pauses in between the conversational speaker changing

Question 18

voice coloring

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qualities of voice that convery passion and emotional overtones
–Accomplished partly through modulation and inflection

Question 19

voice quality

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styles of speaking

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dialect

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presence of accented speech

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fluency

Answer 21

presence/absence of disfluencies

Question 22

what vocal features are perceived as more attractive

Answer 22

Voices with higher articulation, resonance, low to moderate shrillness, moderate pitch, small to medium pitch range, and low nasality are more attractive

Question 23

vocalic norms and expectations

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Most cultures have what are considered standard and nonstandard forms of speech

Question 24

communication accommodation theory

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people will adjust their use of language according to their communicative partner

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convergence

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changing communication to match someone else’s behavior
–increases feelings of connection and familiarity
–Increased perceptions of competence
–Increased understanding
–Less tension
–More liked

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divergence

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adjusting communication to emphasize the differences between speakers
–Establish dominance/power
–Display dislike