May 24, 2006, 18:30
CaterwaullerParaverbal
This was another new word for me today. Have any of you heard it? There is only one entry for this at onelook:
quote:
Main Entry: para·ver·bal
Pronunciation: -'v&r-b&l
Function: adjective
: being nonverbal communication <paraverbal techniques in the therapy of childhood —Journal of the American Medical Association>
When I googled, I found
this description and some examples that coincide with what I learned about today.
Have you all heard it? Used it?
May 24, 2006, 20:01
<Asa Lovejoy>Does this not relate to metalanguage?
May 24, 2006, 20:25
KallehSurely I have known the concept, but I hadn't known the word. It makes sense, though.
May 25, 2006, 07:55
zmježdAlong the same lines as
paratext 'outside the text (under consideration)'. And
paradise from the Persian word (nowadays Farsi) for 'outside the wall' (those walled gardens; cf. Avestan
pairidaeza) via Greek παραδεισος (paradeisos) 'royal park'; the second morpheme is realted to Latin fingo 'to form' (which gives us figure and fiction), English
dough, Greek τειχος (teikhos) 'wall'. Also,
parergon 'outside the work; framing' (cf. French
hors d'oeuvre), from outside and
erg- 'work' (cf. English
energy,
work).