The very first cry of neonates is marked by their maternal language. This seems to be especially apparent in tonal languages, where pitch and pitch fluctuation determine the meaning of words. Chinese ...
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Source: Ben Kerckx/Pixabay CC0public domain (Free for commercial use, no attribution required). Infants cry for many different reasons – leaving those around them to ‘translate’ their whimpers and ...
Tonal languages sound rather strange to European ears: in contrast to German, French or English, their meaning is also determined by the pitch at which syllables or words are pronounced. A seemingly ...