Sentence examples for aggressive intonation from inspiring English sources
EG and IG stimuli consisted of the same sentence, presenting a neutral emotional semantic content ("tu fais quoi dans cette pièce?" i.e. "what are you doing in this room?"), pronounced either with a friendly or an aggressive intonation.
Within these social categories, two different sub-categories of emotional values were tested, e.g. positive and negative sounds (e.g. humans: sentence pronounced with a friendly vs aggressive intonation, monkeys: contact vs threat calls).
We broadcast communicative signals (monkeys: calls, humans: speech) emitted by familiar individuals presenting distinct degrees of social value (female monkeys: conspecific group members vs heterospecific neighbours, human girls: from the same vs different classroom) and emotional value (monkeys: contact vs threat calls; humans: friendly vs aggressive intonation).
The girls heard 16 strictly distinct biological sounds (2 sentence exemplars ×2 stimuli individuals ×2 emotions [P-friendly, N-aggressive intonation] ×2 classrooms [IG-same, EG-different]).
6 Although Google Translate can teach you foreign swearwords, only a native speaker can show you the proper intonation and the right aggressive hand gestures to accompany them.
"She has perfect intonation.
"It's also your intonation.
But intonation was a problem.
Every intonation was the same.
His intonation is nearly perfect.
