It may also carry social information, as in a sarcastic, superior, or submissive manner of speaking. Persons with damage to the right frontal lobe speak in flat or monotone voices devoid of normal inflection. Around the world, e.g., adults use higher pitched voices to speak to infants and young children. With each other, men and women use higher pitched voices in greetings and in courtship , to show harmlessness and to invite physical closeness. In almost every language, speakers use a rising intonation to ask a question.
Human beings use emotional, nonvocal sounds in their ceremonies, rites, and rituals.
Deeper voices carry more authority for men and women. U.S. politics . He is interested in finding training materials that deal with tone of voice in the workplace. There were two examples that the partner gave to explain what he meant. The second example is where a person greets a co-worker and makes them angry with their tone of voice.