Speech prosody and lexical tone both rely on pitch modulation but serve distinct linguistic functions: prosody conveys intonation, stress and rhythm across phrases, while lexical tone distinguishes ...

There are different branches of linguistics that deal with sounds and all of their unique aspects. One branch in particular, known as prosody, is the study of bigger speech sound units and syllables.

Researchers have identified neurons in the human brain that respond to pitch changes in spoken language, which are essential to clearly conveying both meaning and emotion. Researchers at UC San ...

"I am a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Western Washington University. My research focuses on issues in computational models of prosody and speech perception. My ...

The AI revolution, which has begun to transform our lives over the past three years, is built on a fundamental linguistic principle that lies at the base of large language models such as ChatGPT.

A new study from Northwestern University’s School of Communication, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified an unexpected role for a brain region long ...

People talk to share ideas, facts, and feelings. When we listen to someone speaking, it’s not just about the words they say. The way they sound can also tell us a lot—for example, about the age, size, ...

The project’s goal is to create an American Sign Language (ASL) data resource that focuses on documenting visual prosody, which includes, for example, non-manual markers that convey meaning and ...

When good readers read aloud, it sounds like music. The music of reading aloud is called reading prosody, or, in everyday language, reading with expression. Researchers looking at reading prosody ...