Stroke Research & Therapy

The Acquisition of Pragmatic Prosody in the Preschool Years: A Brief Review

This review summarizes the recent study published in the Frontiers in Psychology journal. The main objective of the study was to investigate the acquisition of pragmatic prosody by preschoolers and to analyze its relation to Theory of Mind (ToM), in doing so bridging the gap between prosody and pragmatics. The current review provides the main study motivation, explains the methods used, briefly presents the results of the study and discusses the main findings by also highlighting the clinical implications of research findings and their importance for building a collective prosodic profile across child populations. Finally, directions for future research in this area are also outlined.

Author(s):

Mariia Pronina, Iris Hübscher, Ingrid Vilà-Giménez and Pilar Prieto

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