Author Question: The term prosody refers to a. using pitch and tone to convey emotions in language. b. turn-taking ... (Read 64 times)

darbym82 · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

The term prosody refers to

a. using pitch and tone to convey emotions in language.
b. turn-taking during a conversation.
c. perfect pitch.
d. recognition of different grammatical structures in language.

Question 2

Brittany, who is right-handed, always holds her cell phone up to her left ear so she can do other things with her right hand at the same time. It is most likely that Brittany

a. is unusual for a right-hander, because she obviously must store language in her right hemisphere.
b. will not be able to understand either the words or emotional tone of her friends as well as if she listened with her right ear instead of her left.
c. will do a good job interpreting the emotional tone of her friends' voices, but she might miss a word or two of their conversation now and then.
d. will do a good job of hearing all of the words her friends say, but she might misinterpret the emotional tone of their voices now and then.