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Emotional voice intonation: A communication code at the origins of speech processing and word-meaning associations?

Filippi, Piera (2020). Emotional voice intonation: A communication code at the origins of speech processing and word-meaning associations? Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 44(4):395-417.

Abstract

The aim of the present work is to investigate the facilitating effect of vocal emotional intonation on the evolution of the following processes involved in language: (a) identifying and producing phonemes, (b) processing compositional rules underlying vocal utterances, and (c) associating vocal utterances with meanings. To this end, firstly, I examine research on the presence of these abilities in animals, and the biologically ancient nature of emotional vocalizations. Secondly, I review research attesting to the facilitating effect of emotional voice intonation on these abilities in humans. Thirdly, building on these studies in animals and humans, and through taking an evolutionary perspective, I provide insights for future empirical work on the facilitating effect of emotional intonation on these three processes in animals and preverbal humans. In this work, I highlight the importance of a comparative approach to investigate language evolution empirically. This review supports Darwin’s hypothesis, according to which the ability to express emotions through voice modulation was a key step in the evolution of spoken language.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Department of Comparative Language Science
Special Collections > Centers of Competence > Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution
Dewey Decimal Classification:400 Language
410 Linguistics
590 Animals (Zoology)
Scopus Subject Areas:Social Sciences & Humanities > Social Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:Language evolution, Emotional intonation, Animal communication, Speech sound processing, Word-meaning association
Language:English
Date:1 December 2020
Deposited On:06 Jan 2021 16:03
Last Modified:24 Oct 2024 01:39
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:0191-5886
OA Status:Hybrid
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-020-00337-z
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