A question tag is when we turn a statement into a question by adding a tag at the end. For example, You're going to the ...

Tonal languages are different from non-tonal languages because tonal languages are dependent on the emphasis and pronunciation, because how a word is said will affect its meaning. It is quite ...

To recognize ironic sarcasm, adults may rely on either of 2 cues: the context in which the utterance is made, or the speaker's intonation. In 2 experiments comparing third graders (8-9 years old), ...

When a word is being emphasized upon during speech, we tend to raise our pitch. Studies of voice modulation and intonations have shown that the pitch can change the meaning of the word. So, it is not ...

Have you ever noticed that a natural conversation flows like a dance—pauses, emphases, and turns arriving just in time? A new study has discovered that this isn't just intuition; there is a biological ...

16 mothers and 16 fathers were recorded in dyadic sessions with their children (8 5-years-olds, 8 2-year-olds; half boys, half girls) and with an adult. The noise-free questions and declaratives were ...

This phrase was introduced by an outside expert in 1975 in a newspaper article that pointed out the unnaturalness of intonation used by NHK announcers. This commentary triggered an argument of ...