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A new tune: There is intonation in sign language too

Intonation is an integral part of communication for all speakers. But can sign languages have intonation? A new study shows that signers use their faces to create intonational ‘melodies’ just as ...
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The Jewish Sound of Speech: Talmudic Chant, Yiddish Intonation and the Origins of Early ...

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 ...
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Study identifies intonation patterns in Brazilian Portuguese

Research is part of an international project that includes the language as spoken in Brazil in a database of several Romance languages (photo: FFLCH-USP) Agência FAPESP – In addition to its own ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Ni, J., & Kawai, H. (2004). Pitch Targets Anchor Chinese Tone and Intonation Patterns. In ...

ABSTRACT: This study examines how Mandarin question intonation differentially modifies the fundamental frequency (F0) of syllables with inherent rising (T2) and falling (T4) lexical tones. By ...
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Your head movements may be giving away your foreign accent

When adults speak a second language, you can oftentimes tell. Usually, it’s from what’s coming out of their mouth. But ...
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Intonation-Induced F0 Realizations of Rising and Falling Lexical Tones in Mandarin Questions ()

1 School of Chinese Language and Literature, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China. 2 School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China. This study examines ...