This review presents a highly selective survey of connections between music and language.
I begin by considering some fundamental differences between music and language and …

Emotional communication in music is based in part on the use of pitch and timing, two cues
effective in emotional speech. Corpus analyses of natural speech illustrate that happy …

Compositional authorship is often assigned though factors external to the musical text, such
as biographical records and surveys of source attributions; however, such methodologies …

The normalized pairwise variability index (nPVI) is a measure originally used to compare the
rhythms of languages. introduced the nPVI to music research and it has since been used in …

One of the most important auditory categorization tasks a listener faces is determining a
sound's domain, a process which is a prerequisite for successful within-domain …

Research has used the normalized pairwise variability index (nPVI) to examine relationships
between musical rhythm and durational contrast in composers' native languages. Applying …

A growing body of research analyzing musical scores suggests mode's relationship with
other expressive cues has changed over time. However, to the best of our knowledge, the …

The aim of this study was to assess prosodic features in Finnish speakers with (n= 16) and
without (n= 20) Parkinson's disease (PD), as there are no published studies to date of …

The available evidence indicates that the music of a culture reflects the speech rhythm of the
prevailing language. The normalized pairwise variability index (nPVI) is a measure of …

Animal vocal communication often relies on call sequences. The temporal patterns of such
sequences can be adjusted to other callers, follow complex rhythmic structures or exhibit a …