As noted last week, intonation is the rise and fall of pitch in the voice — when speaking. There is the need to master the concept and its manifestations to improve on our spoken English. Among other ...

Research suggests that infants who are better at detecting rhythm in music are also better at recognizing patterns in speech—an important skill for learning language. Contrary to popular opinion, ...

British football terrace culture has been blended with traditional Japanese literature by a Wolverhampton writer who has launched his first book. Matt Eccles has released his cheekily named book, Who ...

This exploratory study examines the distribution of word syllable lengths in contemporary Modern Chinese by analyzing frequency data from four sources: Ni Kuang's novel Tianren, a Mandarin Corner ...

Open annotations (there are currently 0 annotations on this page). Imagine listening to a language you don't know. When does one word end, and another begin? Human infants face a similar challenge, ...

The manuscript provides important new insights into the mechanisms of statistical learning in early human development, showing that statistical learning in neonates occurs robustly and is not limited ...

Haiku poetry is a three-line poem with a syllable pattern of five-seven-five. The art of haiku is its brevity and ability to express deep insights or emotions through the simplest observations. To ...