The article is devoted to the social linguistic, cultural and cognitive aspects of nonverbal communication. The functions of paralinguistic means in the speech of communicants are considered under the influence of social, cultural, ethnic and cognitive factors, and therefore, taking into account these factors are a necessary condition for successful communication. Based on the analysis of foreign linguistic literature and his own observations, the author emphasizes that sociological factors such as marital status, level of education, type of activity, religious outlook can also affect certain changes in the verbal and nonverbal behavior of a person's speech at certain age periods of life, which is confirmed by examples from Uzbek communication. It also touches upon the issue of the national and cultural specifics of the paralinguistic means, primarily due to interlanguage and intercultural differences, and also examines the problem of the connection between paralinguistics and cognitive linguistics, manifested in the fact that the paralanguage, along with linguistic means, transmits certain information directly related to the mental activity of a person, his mentality and intelligence.
