Prosody

What is prosody?

1. PROSODY

2. DEFINITON The study of rhythm,intonation,stress,and related attributes in speech The study of poetic meter,the patterns of sound and rhythms in verse

3. PROSODIC FEATURES STRESS PITCH INTONATION PAUSES LOUDNESS AND PACE PARALINGUISTIC FEATURES AND VOCAL EFFECTS

4. Vocal pitch (fundamental frequency) Loudness (acoustic intensity) Rhythm (phoneme and syllable duration)

5. STRESS Stress is the emphasis that is placed on a syllable or word when we speak. The same word can have the stress in different places,which changes the meaning of the word.

6. PITCH Pitch is the variation of an individual’s vocal range,from high to low,used in speech to convey the individual’s relation to a current topic of conversation.

7. INTONATION Intonation is the different patterns of pitch an individual uses in spoken language.

8. PAUSES Pauses are brief silences in speech. These pauses could mean different things depending on the context.

9. LOUDNESS AND PACE Pace is the speech at which we talk. This can vary depending on who we are talking to and what the situation is. It is your way of your mental state and wellbeing being expressed. Volume or loudness is used to enhance the meaning of utterances. Similar to pace,we change our volume intensity depending on the context.

10. PARALINGUISTIC FEATURES AND VOCAL EFFECTS Paralinguistic features such as body language,posture,gestures , and facial expression can give extra information about spoken language. Vocal effects like laughing,throat clearing,gasping,yawning,sighing,and coughing can also add information. However,vocal effects are often unintentional are usually a natural response to their environment.