Question

Features advantage and disadvantage of paralanguage

Answer 1

Answer: advantages of para language

(i)            No oral communication is complete without para language.

(ii)          A speaker education and background can be judged from his way of speaking

(iii)         Para language of a person indicates his place in hierarchical structure of the organization.

(iv)          Knowledge of person’s para language is helpful in dealing with him.

(v)           One can improve his para language by listening to good speakers.

Answer 2

The advantages of paralanguage are as follows:

• Paralanguage completes oral communication.
• Listening to good speakers can help better one's paralanguage.
• The use of paralanguage in communication indicates one's knowledge and background.

The disadvantages of paralanguage are as follows:

• Uniformity is difficult to be maintained as the speakers belong to different linguistic communities.
• Paralanguage cannot tell about one's wisdom.
• It is unreliable.