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Bertrand, Yves – Langues Modernes, 1976
A study of the relationship between intonation and syntax must consider communication as a whole, rather than isolated sentences. This study examines the role of the speakers in communication, bilateral and unilateral communication, and some pedagogical implications of this study. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, German, Grammar
James, Allen R. – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1977
In foreign language classes, intonation is taught using as a basis for comparison the intonation of the standard dialect of the native language. It is argued here that the learner's native dialect should be used instead. Examples are given of transfer from Swabian dialect to English. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Dialects, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Intonation

Watanabe, Kazayuki – English Language Teaching Journal, 1977
Points out that, although Japanese students of English may be taught proper sound and word stress, sentence stress and intonation are usually neglected. A system of teaching these features is outlined. (CHK)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Intonation, Language Fluency, Language Instruction

Beckman, Mary E. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1996
Considers the fact that prosody is a grammatical (phonological) structure that must be parsed. The article describes prosodic categories marked by intonational pattern for English and Japanese, concentrates on "pitch accent" and tonally marked "phrases," and discusses potential ambiguities in parsing these categories. (60…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, English, Grammar, Intonation

Schafer, Amy; And Others – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1996
Discusses two auditory comprehension studies that investigated the role of focus, as conveyed by a pitch accent, in the comprehension of relative clauses preceded by a complex noun phrase. Findings include focus attracts modifiers, and pitch accents for new phrases differ acoustically from pitch accents for contrastive phrases. (46 references)…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, College Students, Grammar
Lu, Dan – Forum, 2002
Discusses why English pronunciation and intonation have been neglected in Hong Kong English-as-a-Second-Language lessons, why it is essential to teach English phonetic symbols, and what remedial measures should be taken to implement this neglected component of teaching ESL. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Intonation, Phonetics

Siegel, Gerald M.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1990
Ten infants aged 8-12 months were studied to determine whether they would spontaneously imitate the average fundamental frequency or fundamental frequency contour of their speaking partners. Acoustic analyses failed to reveal any tendency by the infants to adjust vocal pitch, amplitude, or duration in home or laboratory settings. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Imitation, Infants, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication

Fernald, Anne – Child Development, 1989
Explored the power of intonation of speech addressed to adults and preverbal infants to convey meaningful information to 80 adult listeners. Listeners used intonation to identify speaker's intent with greater accuracy in infant-directed speech than adult-directed speech. (RJC)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Adult Child Relationship, Infants, Intonation
Cruz-Ferreira, Madalena – IRAL, 1989
Presents a general test of the intonational comprehension of English-as-a-Foreign-Language, in which students are required to match a sentence, spoken with particular intonation patterns, to one of three alternative interpretations. The test can also help provide insights into particulars and universals of intonation. (CB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Intonation, Language Patterns, Language Tests

Masataka, Nobuo – Journal of Child Language, 1992
Quantitative measures were made of the fundamental frequency patterns of Japanese mother's speech addressed to infants aged 0;3-0;4. Frequency ranges were found to change with repeated attempts to get the infant's attention but were not otherwise altered substantially from normal adult patterns when an initial attempt was made to gain the infant's…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Span, Caregiver Speech, Infants

Most, Tova – Volta Review, 1999
The production and perception of syllable stress by 15 children (ages 10-13) with severe or profound hearing impairments were compared to 15 controls. Children with hearing loss had higher fundamental frequency, duration of syllables were longer across stressed and unstressed syllables, and they were less successful in conveying stress…
Descriptors: Children, Hearing Impairments, Intonation, Language Patterns

Kim, Jong Shil; Kim, Sung-Hee – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2001
Investigates the general intonation patterns of Korean speakers when they speak English declarative sentences. Findings show the pitch accent often falls on the last syllable of the phonological word in focus, and that Korean subjects exhibit a distinct tonal pattern for phrases similar to the low-high-low-high tone sequence of Korean accentual…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Intonation, Korean

Morton, J. Bruce; Trehub, Sandra E. – Child Development, 2001
Explored in three experiments children's understanding of emotion in speech. Found gradual developmental change from 4-year-olds' focus on content to adult's focus on paralanguage. Children exhibited greater response latencies to utterances with conflicting cues than to those with nonconflicting cues. They accurately labeled affective paralanguage…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
Blair, R. J. R.; Budhani, S.; Colledge, E.; Scott, S. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
The processing of the emotional signals of others is fundamental for normal socialization and interaction. Reduced responsiveness to the expressions of sadness and fear has been implicated in the development of psychopathy (Blair, 1995). The current study investigates the ability of boys with psychopathic tendencies to process auditory affect…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Fear, Males, Deafness
Altgassen, Mareike; Kliegel, Matthias; Williams, Tim I. – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2005
This study investigated the accuracy of musical pitch detection in children with autistic spectrum disorders as compared with typically developing children. Seventeen children on the autistic spectrum (M[subscript age]=9.34, SD[subscript age]=1.12) and 13 typically developing, chronological age-matched children (M[subscript age]=9.13, SD[subscript…
Descriptors: Age, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorders