# Glossaire

### Prosody

Prosody is the patterns of stress and [intonation](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=bbc1e2ff9b7fc04f\&q=intonation\&si=ACC90nyOnVY18Aw7zUtkWPYo5mTnppBHrCvOXWxzew70gngxKfWC60wZUMrBfYq5R3k4moLe7SftFfOa1hGHq3vitv0zz1XXdE0Im4VPPkCtxerhLsZzCQU%3D\&expnd=1\&sa=X\&ved=2ahUKEwjPwPPd96-GAxWuaqQEHV1HCkMQyecJegQIIRAQ) in a language.

For example, prosody provides clues about attitude or affective state: The sentence "Yeah, that was a great movie," can mean that the speaker liked the movie or the exact opposite, depending on the speaker's intonation. Prosody is also used to provide semantic information.

Source: [APA](https://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/peeps/issue-29)