Differences+in+Pitch+by+Melissa+Belsis

=Differences in Pitch= pg. 51-52


 * __Fundamental Frequency-__** is the rate at which the vocal folds (cords) vibrate in speech.


 * __Pitch__**- is the perception of fundamental frequency evaluated on a scale from high to low.


 * __Intonation Contour__**- is the overall pitch of an utterance, sometimes represented by the line drawn over the utterance that traces the change in pitch.

In an **__intonation language (intonational language)__**, different intonation contours change the syntactic function of sentences that are otherwise the same.

In a **__tone language (tonal language)__**, pitch difference in the same string of phones will change the meaning of that string.


 * __Tone-__** a specific change in pitch that functions in tonal languages to distinguish words that are made up of the same segments.

Pitch is something we learn over time unknowingly from listening to other and learning to speak. But for children with disabilities this could be a difficult thing to learn and understand, especially when it comes to questions and how to use pitch to make the statements clear.

Down below is a link for a educational video on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQhXfhcnQow