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Flow of voice
Paralanguage - Activities
Accent and dialect are important aspects of paralanguage as
they determine the way we sound to other people. Different
regional accents are spoken with unique intonations and
rhythms. Many of these accents carry with them connotations of
the attitudes behinds the voice, many of which are obviously
quite stereotypical.
Consider following regional accents:
Johor/Kelantan/N.Sembilan/Penang
Do you have accent?
How this make you react to these accents?
Are the assumptions you might make correct about attitude and
accents or dialect?