Children might combine gesture and prosody to express a pragmatic meaning such as a
request, information focus, uncertainty or politeness, before they can convey these …

Action-theoretic views of language posit that the recognition of others' intentions is key to
successful interpersonal communication. Yet, speakers do not always code their intentions …

En los últimos años, ha crecido el interés por realizar investigaciones teóricas acerca del
sedentarismo y la actividad física en los jóvenes, ya que como es de conocimiento público …

During conversations, speech prosody provides important clues about the speaker's
communicative intentions. In many languages, a rising vocal pitch at the end of a sentence …

There is considerable debate about whether early vocalizations mimic the target language
and whether prosody signals emergent intentional communication. A longitudinal corpus of …

It has long been known that children may use a particular grammatical morpheme
inconsistently at early stages of acquisition. Although this has often been thought to be …

Atypical prosody in speech production is a core feature of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
that can impact everyday life communication. Because the ability to modulate prosody …

This study investigates 3-to 5-year-old children's sensitivity to lexical, intonational and
gestural information in the comprehension of speaker uncertainty. Most previous studies on …

Our ability to understand others' communicative intentions in speech is key to successful
social interaction. Indeed, misunderstanding an 'excuse me'as apology, while meant as …

Research on early signs of autism in social interactions often focuses on infants' motor
behaviors; few studies have focused on speech characteristics. This study examines infant …