extraverbal
English
Etymology
extra- + verbal
Adjective
extraverbal (not comparable)
- Outside of speech; by other means than speaking.
- 1964, John Joseph Gumperz, Dell H. Hymes, The ethnography of communication (page 59)
- She can do it only by varying the messages transmitted through the extraverbal channels; through changes in muscular tension if she is holding the child, changes in facial set, gesture, or intonation.
- 1964, John Joseph Gumperz, Dell H. Hymes, The ethnography of communication (page 59)
Derived terms
- extraverbally