The Human Voice: Exploring Vocal Paralanguage Movie Review 1993

Explains the power and importance of vocal paralanguage, the thousands of different ways that any given word can be said. Also examines 12 different clues contained in vocal paralanguage, including clues to our background and biography, our identity and uniqueness, our use of standard or nonstandard speech, our regional and national accents, our emotions and true feelings, our ways of speaking to children, our ability to perform and recognize sarcasm, our efforts to tell if others are telling the truth, and our response to dialects. Includes in-depth instructor's guide.

Distribution

University of California Extension Ctr. for Media & Independent Learning, 2000 Center St., 4th Fl., Berkeley, CA 94704, Phone: (510)642-0460, Fax: (510)643-9271, Email: mediaservices@ucxonline.berkeley.edu

Available on VHS
Running time 30 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Speech, Communication, Psychology