The clip we heard came from an episode of Real Easy English about teachers - listen to the whole programme.

But English is not tonal, it simply uses intonation. Intonation is the changes in your pitch of voice that convey different meanings by showing the individual’s different feelings. Take the question ...

A large cross-linguistic study has revealed that human speech worldwide follows a universal rhythm, with intonation units appearing roughly every 1.6 seconds.

This study explores the power of intonation to convey meaningful information about the communicative intent of the speaker in speech addressed to preverbal infants and in speech addressed to adults.

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), ...

For example - pat and pad and bat and bad etc. in English language. These sites of the brain that detect pitch modulations are ones that overlap with these specialized other sites as well.

Research Report Reconsidering “Says It Is Necessary to Take an Emergency Measures” – an Example Phrase for Announcer Training Intonation Theory on NHK Announcers from a Linguistic Viewpoint ...