Ejemplos de uso de prosody
1. This early aptitude seems to result from their exposure in the womb to the distinctive prosody (pitch, volume, rhythm) of their mother as she expresses different feelings.
2. Recent research suggests, remarkably, that children who have trouble decoding vocal prosody are judged less popular and lower in social status by other kids even before they have left nursery.
3. Decoding its mother‘s prosody and interpreting her inflections is no mere idle pastime for a baby, but an issue of survival: from the very beginning, it needs to be able to secure for itself care and nurture, and voice–reading is a powerful aid.
4. He also remarks on the prosody, rhythm and pitch of modern language, and points out that hominids have shared ancestors millions of years ago, with each other and with apes and other primates, whose grunts and pants also have musical qualities.