prosody
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Other parameters come into play, such as prosody, which includes pauses, accentuation and intonation.
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023
This juxtaposition is far from coincidental, as the researchers' experiments revealed that dog brains respond in the same positive ways to exaggerated prosody as our very own infants.
From Salon • Aug. 28, 2023
Seldom, though, has a guidebook to prosody ever been so sprightly, so much fun to read, with deeply knowledgeable insights gingered throughout with low-keyed humor.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022
He rejects Chomsky’s theory of a “language organ” in the brain and instead takes up Darwin’s emphasis on prosody — the notion that the melody and rhythms of speech are what move us toward language.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2021
A single stressed syllable, then a trochee, then a dactyl, for prosody nerds.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
