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  1. moaning

    Paralanguage, also known as vocalics, is a component of meta-communication that may modify meaning, give nuanced meaning, or convey emotion, by using techniques such as prosody, pitch, volume, intonation, etc. It is sometimes defined as relating to nonphonemic properties only. Paralanguage may be expressed consciously or unconsciously. The study of paralanguage is known as paralinguistics and was invented by George L. Trager in the 1950s, while he was working at the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State. His colleagues at the time included Henry Lee Smith, Charles F. Hockett (working with him on using descriptive linguistics as a model for paralanguage), Edward T. Hall developing proxemics, and Ray Birdwhistell developing kinesics. Trager published his conclusions in 1958, 1960 and 1961.His work has served as a basis for all later research, especially those investigating the relationship between paralanguage and culture (since paralanguage is learned, it differs by language and culture). A good example is the work of John J. Gumperz on language and social identity, which specifically describes paralinguistic differences between participants in intercultural interactions. The film Gumperz made for BBC in 1982, Multiracial Britain: Cross talk, does a particularly good job of demonstrating cultural differences in paralanguage and their impact on relationships. Paralinguistic information, because it is phenomenal, belongs to the external speech signal (Ferdinand de Saussure's parole) but not to the arbitrary conmodality]]. Even vocal language has some paralinguistic as well as linguistic properties that can be seen (lip reading, McGurk effect), and even felt, e.g. by the Tadoma method.

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  1. Moaning

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of MOANING in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of MOANING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of MOANING in a Sentence

  1. Josh Robinson:

    I'm sick and tired of the Democrats bitching and moaning.

  2. Nate Whitten:

    She was lying in bed, all of a sudden, she was moaning. This is not Rylie at all.

  3. Cenap Gumren:

    We saw a life vest, which looked like an empty floating life vest, but we decided to still go check it out. I am so glad we decided to go. When we got close, it looked like a toy, like a doll, and we thought he was dead. My first thought was, 'Okay, we have to pick up this dead baby body from the water.' But when we got closer to him, we heard his moaning.

  4. Lisa Koop:

    [ He ] was standing up, asleep, leaning on his mom, moaning as the judge addressed the group.

  5. Chris Christie:

    Do not count me in this group that is doing this moaning and complaining about this.

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