ABSTRACT
The first purpose of this chapter is to show how paralinguistic vocal features (PVFs) and their textual correlates, paralinguistic vocal markers, may contribute to stylistic analysis. PVFs are essentially defined as a deviation from the speaker’s norm. Authors often use such notations to specify a character’s tone of voice. A paralinguistic analysis of passages from Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner is then presented. The chapter looks at the differences between vocal features used for characterisation and tries to tease them apart from real paralinguistic vocal markers. Looking at paralinguistic vocal markers in context also enables the analyst to go beyond the mere mapping between paralinguistic vocal features and paralinguistic vocal markers and to reach some stylistic appreciation of the passages.
