Prosody is used to indicate emotions, disambiguate syntax, and provide meaning. Less is
known about prosody in word learning, but congruent prosody (eg, loud/low pitch for large) …

Talker variability in speech influences language processing from infancy through adulthood
and is inextricably embedded in the very cues that identify speech sounds. Yet little is known …

When linguistic information alone does not clarify a speaker's intended meaning, skilled
communicators can draw on a variety of cues to infer communicative intent. In this paper, we …

Previous research has suggested that children do not rely on prosody to infer a speaker's
emotional state because of biases toward lexical content or situational context. We …

Given the pivotal role that social interactions play for adolescents' well-being, understanding
the factors that influence communication is key. The present study examined relations …

This study used a revised Conversational Violations Test to examine Gricean maxim
violations in 4-to 6-year-old Japanese children and adults. Participants' understanding of the …

Research has demonstrated a bilingual advantage in how young children use referential
cues such as eye gaze and pointing gesture to locate an object or to categorize objects. This …

This study investigated cross-modal effects of emotional voice tone (prosody) on face
processing during instructed visual search. Specifically, we evaluated whether emotional …

An eye-tracking methodology was used to examine the time course of 3-and 5-year-olds'
ability to link speech bearing different acoustic cues to emotion (ie, happy-sounding, neutral …

A crucial part of language development is learning how various social and contextual
language‐external factors constrain an utterance's meaning. This learning process is poorly …