Nonverbal Communication across Disciplines

Paralanguage and kinesics define the tripartite nature of speech. Volume 2 builds on Poyatos' book Paralanguage (1993) - reviewed by Mary Key as "e;the most amplified description of paralanguage available today"e;. It covers our basic voice components; the many normal or abnormal voice types; the communicative uses of physiological and emotional reactions like laughter, crying, sighing, coughing, ...