hangvétele

Hangvétele is a Hungarian term used to describe the tone, character, or mood conveyed by sound, speech, or text. The word combines hang ('sound') with vétele (a notion of handling or presentation), and in Hungarian usage it covers both oral expression and stylistic expressivity in writing.

In linguistic analysis, hangvétele refers to the prosodic and paralinguistic features that shape how a sentence is perceived, including intonation, pitch, rhythm, tempo, volume, and articulation. It signals attitudes such as formality, friendliness, irony, or urgency, and can alter the listener's interpretation beyond the literal meaning. In literary criticism, hangvétele describes the authorial voice or the overall mood of a passage, enabling readers to sense the narrator's stance or emotional coloring.

In performing arts and media production, hangvétele is used to discuss the expressive quality of a performance or a broadcast, including delivery style, vocal timbre, and pacing. It may be adjusted intentionally to suit genre, audience, or context.

Because hangvétele is inherently subjective, evaluations vary with listeners and cultural norms. It is related to, but distinct from, terms such as hangnem (tone/affect in speech) and intonation.