Your Brain Cells Hear the Ups and Downs of Language
Your Brain Cells Hear the Ups and Downs of Language
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
August 28, 20176m 0s
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Show Notes
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 emphasizing the beginning of a sentence (Tom and Leila bought a boat) helps clarify that it was in fact Tom and Leila who bought the boat, not some other couple.
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