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
So today, he’s overseas with new people, listening to them closely, familiarizing himself with everything from the songs they like to the prosody of their speech.
From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2022
Along with prosody, language acquisition depends on the simplified sentences and exaggerated emphases of caregivers’ vocalizations and reinforcements.
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.
