Words can be one or more morphemes. These include variations in tone and character of voice along with such non-verbal forms of communication as kinesics , proxemics , clothing, and makeup. In English, for example, the words pan and can have different meaning due to the fact that the initial sound, or phoneme, is different. Phonemes do not have meaning by themselves. The sounds represented by the p and c in the words above are meaningless alone but they can change the meaning of words.
Pidgins combine the vocabulary and grammar of the different languages.
The most well known one is Pidgin English in New Guinea. Most people are unaware of the importance of space in communication until they are confronted with someone who uses it differently. Proxemics is a form of paralanguage . An Example is the Texas in contrast to the Midwestern American dialect. This hypothesis was objectively tested in the 1960's by anthropologists.