What is prosody?, Single sounds in speech, Intonation, rhythm, stress, and pauses, Only words and their meanings, Written punctuation, Prosodic meaning differs from lexical meaning because it is:, Always explicit and dictionary-based, Context-dependent, implicit, and multidimensional, Limited to emotions only, Independent of speech rhythm, Logical semantic stress highlights, Key contrast , Emotional attitude, Social role, Turn-taking signal, Prosody helps distinguish questions from statements:, Only through words, Through mid-sentence pauses, Through tone, Through louder volume, Prosody shows how to take words (serious or joke), Through metacommunicative function, Through grammar, Only through context, Through pictures, Social-identificatory function reveals:, Only emotions like fear, Word boundaries only, Speed of speech alone, Speaker's style, role (e.g., boss-subordinate), and group, Prosody simultaneously conveys info about:, Hand movements, Written punctuation , Structure, emotions, intentions, social position, Grammar, syntax, and logical stress.

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