Have you ever noticed that a natural conversation flows like a dance—pauses, emphases, and turns arriving just in time? A new study has discovered that this isn't just intuition; there is a biological ...
Libor Pesek began by playing jazz in Prague. Then he moved to Britain, becoming a classical-music treasure. Arminta Wallace reports The new Europe is undoubtedly a wonderful thing, but in many ways, ...
Raúl Sánchez and Dan Bullock are linguistics and communications specialists and NYU professors. They say improving vocalics, aka nonverbal aspects of speech, is key for effective communication. Vocal ...
A new study analyzing spontaneous speech in 48 languages reveals that human beings across the globe structure their speech into rhythmic units at a remarkably consistent rate of one every 1.6 seconds.
There is enormous variability across the world's languages. Grammatical rules, phonetic categories, gestures, prosodic cues, and even the speed of languages differ wildly around the globe, making ...
Rhythmic chanting is an ancient tradition. With evolution of understanding and abilities, chanting became increasingly scientific and result-oriented. Rhythmic chanting is an ancient tradition. With ...
Basically a study saying they tracked intonation units across languages that occurs every 1.6 seconds that help track meaning, taking turns, etc. My thought on reading this is that it seems to operate ...