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 ...

Dena is trying to learn a new voice. Over the course of the past year, she’s had nearly two dozen training sessions at George Washington University’s Speech and Hearing Center. During that time, she’s ...

Too often, letters, words, and sentences get the credit for conveying information. But the human brain also makes meaning out of pitch. Like how upspeak turns any sentence into a question? Or how ...

Irritating intonation and terrifying speed are among the common complaints about call centres. Remedy lies in getting rhythm, pitch and intonation right, advise Barry Tomalin and Suhashini Thomas in ...

Tonal languages are different from non-tonal languages because tonal languages are dependent on the emphasis and pronunciation, because how a word is said will affect its meaning. It is quite ...