整理一下,整篇文章的要点非常清晰:

I. Vocal Paralinguistic Features
  1. whispering- the needs for secrecy
  2. breathiness- deep emotion
  3. huskiness- unimportants
  4. nasality- anxiety
  5. extra lip-rounding- greater intimacy

II. physical paralinguistic features
  1. facial expression- powerful conveyer of meaning.
     --e.g.1 smiling: pleasure or welcome
     --e.g.2 raising eye-brows: surprised or interested in something
     --e.g.3 biting your lip:deep in thinking/ uncertain about something
     --e.g.4 compressing the lips: making decisions
     --e.g.5 clenching of the teeth: angry
  2. gesture- culture bound
     --e.g.1 shrugging shoulders: 'I don't care', or 'I don't know'
     --e.g.2 crossing your arms: relaxation/ bored
     --e.g.3 waving: welcome and farewell
     --e.g.4 scratching your head: at a loss
     --e.g.5 placing your hand upon your heart: telling the truth
     --e.g.6 pointing your finger at your nose: it's a secret
  3. proximity, posture and echoing
     1). proximity: personal style & culture bound
         --e.g.1 closeness: intimacy, threat 
         --e.g.2 distance: fomality, lack of interest
     2). posture: the way in which someone holds his or her body
         --e.g.1 Hunched shoulders and a hanging head: happy or not
         --e.g.2 A lowered head, eye contact: the appropriate relationship
         --e.g.3 direct level eye contact: open or challenging
     3). echoing: to complement the verbal communication

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