Learning a new language often goes wrong with pronunciation and head movements

Adults learning another language often tend to continue using the intonation of their native language. This causes them to ...
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Dogs understand both vocabulary and intonation of human speech

Dogs have the ability to distinguish vocabulary words and the intonation of human speech through brain regions similar to those that humans use, a new study reports. Attila Andics et al. note that ...
Concordia University

Intonation and fluidity are key to making yourself understood in a second language, research shows

If French is your second language and you’re struggling to be understood, here’s some good news: a heavy accent is surmountable and mutable, even in adult learners. Intonation and smoothness of speech ...
News Medical

Pitch intonation in voices identified by special neurons

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 ...
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The Jewish Sound of Speech: Talmudic Chant, Yiddish Intonation and the Origins of Early Ashkenaz

This paper identifies modern Yiddish intonation patterns for three different semantic structures and contends that they derive from modern (Ashkenazic) talmudic chant. An examination of the ...
NHK

Reconsidering “Says It Is Necessary to Take an Emergency Measures” – an Example Phrase for Announcer Training

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 ...