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Sound is stored in binary, as is everything related to computers. In order to know where an integer starts and ends, there are different methods used. PyAudio (and I believe most encodings, too) uses a fixed size of bits.
paInt16 is basically a signed 16-bit binary string. 15 bits for the number, and one for the sign, leaving your range options to be (-32768, 32767) if I'm not completely mistaken. 2^15, anyway.
Take a look at this C explanation on data types, as while not strictly Python, it's related to your question:
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/cprogramming/c_data_types.htm
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