Abstract: Systems and methods for paraphrasing communications are disclosed. A first communication input is received and a context of the first communication input is determined. Based on the context of the first communication input, a plurality of linguistic elements are selected and a plurality of paraphrasing pairs are identified, each pair having one of the plurality of linguistic elements and a paraphrasing candidate of the linguistic element. The paraphrasing candidate is based on an emotional state of a sender of the first communication input and at least one of the plurality of paraphrasing pairs are displayed to the sender for selection.