Assertion: linguist's language | /r/CapableOf | use pitch
Facets:
value: to mark prosodic or pragmatic information
type: PURPOSE
value: pragmatically
type: MANNER
value: in intonation
type: TEMPORAL
value: to convey pragmatics
type: PURPOSE
value: for emphasis
type: PURPOSE
value: to convey irony
type: PURPOSE
value: to convey surprise
type: PURPOSE
value: as intonation
type: MANNER
value: to convey prosody
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: All verbal languages use pitch to express emotional and other paralinguistic information and to convey emphasis, contrast, and other such features in what is called intonation, but not all languages use tones to distinguish words or their inflections, analogously to consonants and vowels.
text: Most languages use pitch as intonation to convey prosody and pragmatics, but this does not make them tonal languages.
text: All vocal languages use pitch pragmatically in intonation—for instance for emphasis, to convey surprise or irony, or to pose a question.
text: Languages use pitch manipulation to convey lexical information in tonal languages, and many languages use pitch to mark prosodic or pragmatic information.