häälekõned
Häälekõned is a term used in Estonian linguistics to refer to nonverbal vocal sounds that accompany or are produced during speech, such as sighs, laughs, groans, hesitations, and various vocalized noises that do not form lexical items. These vocalizations are part of paralinguistics and prosody, conveying information about a speaker’s attitude, emotion, stance, or engagement in the conversation.
Häälekõned serve multiple communicative functions. They can regulate turn-taking, indicate agreement or uncertainty, emphasize or soften
In research and technology, häälekõned are studied through conversational corpora and acoustic analysis. Researchers annotate and
Variability in häälekõned occurs across social context, age, gender, and culture, making their interpretation data-dependent. They