The document discusses various aspects of paralinguistics such as pronunciation, modulation, emphasis, pauses and their importance in communication. It provides examples of commonly mispronounced words and their correct pronunciations. It emphasizes that pronunciation is important as it makes the first impression on the listener. It explains how modulation, word stress, speech speed, pitch, volume, emphasis and inflection impact a speaker's delivery and the listener's understanding. It highlights the role of pauses in allowing listeners to absorb information and aiding comprehension. Pauses are also said to replace filler words and let the speaker's mind catch up during a presentation.

1. Shri S’ad Vidhya Mandal Institute of Technology College,
Bharuch-392001 , Gujarat
PARALINGUISTICS
SR.NO. ENROLLMENT NO. NAME OF THE STUDENT
35 170450119031 PATEL JEKINKUMAR SHAILESHBHAI
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PROJECT REPORT
IN THE SUBJECT OF
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
AT
B.E. FIRST YEAR (FIRST SEMESTER)
TITLE OF THE PROJECT
Prepared by:
•BRANCH: MECHANICAL
•BATCH: A

2. Paralinguistics : “with language”,
“accompanying speech”= how you are
saying it.
1. a bridge between nonlinguistic and
“verbal”
vocabulary,
linguistics (e.g. grammar,
pronunciation)
It consists of:
1.Volume
5.Articulation
2.Quality
6.Pronunciation

3.  Pronunciation means to speak out sounds which are
generally accepted.
 In India we follow the “British Received Pronunciation”.
 One should be careful enough to pronounce individual
sounds along with word stress.
 One should not be taken into fancy that he/she know the
correct pronunciation.
 Below are some words that are commonly mispronounced
with their correct pronunciation.
Word Common Error Correct Pronunciation
Arctic Ar-tic Arctic
Gesture Ges-ture Jesture
3 tier 3 tyre 3 tear
Gigantic Jai-jan-tik Jai-gan-tik

4.  The reason why pronunciation is important because
whenever we communicate we communicate
through speech.
 It strikes the listener directly in the face (the ears,
to be more precise). How good your pronunciation is
in general can be judged very quickly and an
opinion is formed automatically by anyone who
hears you.

5.  Modulationreferstothewayweregulate,vary,oradjustthetone,pitch,and
volumeofthesoundorspeakingvoice.
 Modulationofvoicebringsflexibilityandvitalitytoyourvoice,andyoucan
expressemotions,sentimentslikeimpatience,carefulplanning,despondency,
suspicion,etc.inthebestpossibleway.
 Ifyoudonotpayspecialattentiontothemodulationofyourvoice,thenyour
voicebecomesflatandyouemergeasalanguidspeakerwithnocommandover
yourvoice.
 Wordstressalsoplaysarolelikeintheexamplebelow:
Example:Thiscompanyproduces50carseveryday.
 You can stress on this company or 50 cars.
 Thewordstressedchangestheemphasisofthestatement.

6.  Pace or Speech speed: It must always be at a speed
that the listener can understand. Put the
pace at that speed where the listener can
understand you properly.
 Pitch or Depth of voice: Keep it at a level that is
comfortable for you and don’t strain your
vocal cords.
 Pause: Pauses should be given at required
intervals like where there is punctuation. It is
given to let the listener absorb your
information. It is given for emphasis and

7.  Volume: Try and match your listener’s speech
volume, unless they are shouting. Try dropping
your volume so that they have to drop their
volume to hear you. Maintain your volume
according to the listener decrease or
increase (do not shout to increase it be loud).
 Emphasis: Put emphasis by putting some
pressure or focus on the key words or
syllables in order to provide contrast to your
words bring out their desired meaning.
 Inflection: Inflection means ups and downs of
words. In combination inflection links meaning

8.  A pause is a short silence flank ed by words.
 A pause in speaking lets the listener reflect on the message anddigest
itaccordingly.
 Ithelpsyouglidefromonethoughttoanotherone.
 Itembellishesyourspeechbecauseitis a naturalprocesstogivea break.

9. 1.Pauseshelpyouraudienceunderstandyou. Pausesallowyou to
punctuateyourspokenwords,givingyourlistenerscluesas to
whenonephrase,onesentence,oroneparagraphends,and the
nextbegins.Bysubdividingspeechintosmaller
segments,pausesprobablycontributeagreatdealtothe
improvementsofspeechcomprehension.Thekeytakeawayis
thatyouraudiencedoesn’thavethebenefitofpunctuation,
bolding,italics,bullets,andotherformattingasinwritten
material.You’vegottoprovidethat,andpausesareacentral
waytodoit.

10. 4. Pauses replace filler words.
 Excessive use of filler words (um, er, ah) undermines your
credibility, and signals lack of knowledge, lack of preparation,
or lack of authenticity. Using pauses is one of the best ways to do
so.
5. Pauses let your mind “catch up” to your mouth.
 Aspeakerperformstwotaskssimultaneously:
 Thefirsttaskisinternal,andinvolvesthinkingwhattosay(andwhattodo)
next.
 Thesecondtaskisexternal,andinvolvesvocallyprojectingthosewords,using
bodylanguage,andotherinteractionswithanaudience.
 Ideally,theinternaltasksbuildupaqueueofwordsandactionsforaspeaker
todeliver,alwayshavingwordsreadywhenneeded.Pausinggivesthe
advantagetotheinternaltask,andhelpsyourmind“catchup”toyourmouth.