Body language maintain a certain amount of physical space between the other person. Tone of voice is a combination of spoken language and body language. The manner in which something is said can affect how it should be interpreted. Shouting, smiling, irony and so on may add a layer of meaning which is neither pure body language nor speech. Human communication is extremely complex and one must look at the whole in order to make any determination as to the attitudes being expressed. Body language is a major contributor to the attitude a person conveys to others. Albert Mehrabian maintains that during
Rotuman language two moras also alters this underlying representation. Except for words from non-lexical categories, a word like ('tomorrow') is realized as . That constraint applies before word compounding (including reduplication as well): ('coral reef') + ('deep sea') → ('deep sea pool'). Vowels are also lengthened when both final and stressed. Non-high vowels are raised when they are followed by a syllable with a high vowel. Generally speaking, when is followed by within a metrical foot, it is fronted to . An important aspect of Rotuman morphonology is what could be called the "incomplete" and "complete" phases although they have also been