Sentences with phrase «tone of speech»

That therapist can observe and assess facial expressions, body posturing, and even rate and tone of speech to address whether the internal intention matches the outward expression.

The tone of the speech was light — Lord Neuberger has been praised for his unusually (for a judge) affable manner — but it does provide an opportunity to take stock of the Master of the Rolls» eventful first six months in post.

Body positioning, pace and tone of speech, and even breathing rate have been found to help create bonds.

The speakers then mixed dog - directed speech with non-dog-related words and adultdirected speech with dog - related words, to allow the researchers to understand whether it was the high - pitched emotional tone of the speech that dogs were attracted to or the words themselves.

«Motherese is actually closer to animal communication than people realize,» he says, because the tone of the speech and the response it elicits can be just as important as its content.

And from the tone of her speech, you quickly gauge if she's happy or sad.

To the general public (i.e. outside the Westminster bubble) the contents of a speech are soon forgotten - the tone of the speech, the character of the speaker, are remebered far longer.

«Simon Walker, the head of the Institute of Directors, described your comments and the overall tone of that speech as «irresponsible and pandering to anti-immigrant sentiment».

You may also notice that your toddler has begun to mimic the tone of your speech.

Gestures, body language, and the person's tone of speech all help a baby learn what different words mean.

Quite honestly, I was more worried about the extended exposure to ultrasound waves than of the defect itself... until I remembered her overly concerned tone of speech.

The tone of the speech strongly suggests that the sun is setting on the powerful cultural - political consensus that has dominated the West since 1945.

Not exact matches

In its uplifting tone and invocation of shared values, the speech evoked the 2004 convention address that helped turn then little - known Barack Obama into the leader of the Democratic Party.

As many users have pointed out, Twitter doubled the character (from 140 to 280) count at a time when there is rampant hate speech and a general tone of confrontation and dissonance on what is a relatively small social media platform.

You can ask these bots just about any homework - related question — math problems, questions about the population of a city, trivia, political curiosities — and they will happily oblige, using a cheerful tone that mimics human speech.

Oliver added that the negative tone, seen especially in Trump's doom - and - gloom style acceptance speech, allowed Democrats «to pick up the mantel of people who actually like living here.»

It wasn't until I asked him if he'd heard of free speech that the tone changed.

«President Xi's speech sets the tone of our work.

Be at all times conscious of the tone in your voice and integrate some highs and lows in your speech.

The tone of the ECB minutes has lowered expectations that Mario Draghi will use next week's speech at an annual Fed symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to set the stage for a shift toward a less accommodative monetary policy.

He also proclaimed that people don.t have a soul, in an apologetic poor dear kind of tone - I believe the subject of a soul is still debatable in the USA - that is, if we still really have freedom of speech -

Whilst these speeches are presumably Lukan compositions, many scholars believe that they include traces of the earliest Easter proclamation, preserved because they were remembered as being apostolic, and in spite of their «adoptionist» tone: that God has raised his pais (child) Jesus; that God has mode him both Lord and Christ.

«If we evaluated the character and tone of our daily speech, would it register like acid on litmus paper or yield the sweet presence of a person secure in God's care?

Not surprisingly, both the substance and the tone of this indictment resemble Levine's 1969 speech.

NCAA executive director Dick Schultz, who heretofore had taken a see - almost - no - evil view of college sports, set the tone with a remarkable welcoming speech, which outlined his — and to a large extent, the presidents» — vision for the NCAA.

Jackson slipped behind the podium at the Keller School and addressed the kids in his even tone, with a trace of a speech impediment — he stammers — that's gradually disappearing.

This is fine — studies have shown that «baby talk» doesn't delay the development of speech — but mix in some regular adult words and tone.

It is a great idea to sing softly to the baby both before and after birth and to use different tones and patterns of speech.

Since entering Downing Street he has adopted a different tone - and will go out of his way to confront the issue in his speech to the World Islamic Economic Forum in London.

The governor set the tone in his State of the State speech earlier this month, saying, «2018 may be the toughest year New York has faced in modern history.»

Speaking at Joint Base Andrews shortly after the swearing - in ceremony, former President Obama's final farewell address was uncharacteristically brief and at times echoed the populist tone of Trump's inaugural speech.

President Barack Obama's speech Monday night at a Syracuse University journalism prize dinner has prompted a harsh critique from the media he blamed, in part, for the coarse tone of the 2016 presidential race.

He cited homelessness, the criminal justice system and mental health care as issues that The Bronx continues to struggle with, and although he criticized the city for its handling of the homelessness issue, his overall tone was milder than in his 2016 speech, when he hinted at a run for mayor and said the city had «failed» the borough during its outbreak of Legionnaires» disease.

And it was this Tory - toying, rabble - rousing tone that was at the heart of one of the Labour leader's most entertaining speeches yet.

(As I said before, the tone of this is unusual for a party conference leader's speech.

De Blasio struck a similar tone of unity in his speech — though he drew one of his biggest cheers for a subtle jab at outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Burnham says he thinks he has detected a change of tone in what David Cameron said about CCTV in his speech.

In his kickoff speech, Molinaro mixed criticism of Cuomo with a more hopeful message — «too often the tone coming from the governor's office is angry and divisive» — of bipartisan cooperation.

Trump's nominating speech for some pundits struck a dark, fear - based tone, warning that in a world of terrorism and violence, a strong leader is needed.

Trump, while also delivering his maiden speech, in an unusual humble tone, pledged to be president of all Americans as against the violent tones that had pervaded his campaigns.

Miss Harman's speech to trade union leaders today marks a change of tone for Labour after years of trying to downplay the importance of class.

New York's delegates have high hopes for their nominee Donald Trump's speech tonight, but some also want him to tone down some of his rhetoric and act more presidential.

While that puts him at odds with the teachers union, it represents a very different tone from that used by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his State of the City speech last week.

«Indeed, in many respects, music and speech seem to be mirror images, with both playing integral roles in the development of the other — in the way we, as people, bond and communicate, in how we perceive the sounds around us, in our understanding of language and in the workings of our minds,» writes Diana Deutsch in her feature, «Speaking in Tones.»

Exercises that become progressively more difficult teach discrimination of tones of different frequencies and speech sounds that the elderly often confuse.

The findings not only suggest a different approach to the aesthetics of singing but could have a role in understanding the evolutionary development of the scales, as well as applications to childhood singing development and speech production for tone languages.

Tone of voice and type of language may differ from normal speech.

It can include vocal tones and inflections, physical gestures, postures, involuntary movements, breathing, pacing of speech, and numerous other subtle and not - so subtle signals.

Of her recent, and widely praised, speech attacking Trump, the New York Times wrote, «Speaking in a steady, modulated tone but lobbing some of the most fiery lines of her presidential campaign, Mrs. Clinton painted Mr. Trump as a reckless, childish and uninformed amateur who was playing at the game of global statecraft.&raquOf her recent, and widely praised, speech attacking Trump, the New York Times wrote, «Speaking in a steady, modulated tone but lobbing some of the most fiery lines of her presidential campaign, Mrs. Clinton painted Mr. Trump as a reckless, childish and uninformed amateur who was playing at the game of global statecraft.&raquof the most fiery lines of her presidential campaign, Mrs. Clinton painted Mr. Trump as a reckless, childish and uninformed amateur who was playing at the game of global statecraft.&raquof her presidential campaign, Mrs. Clinton painted Mr. Trump as a reckless, childish and uninformed amateur who was playing at the game of global statecraft.&raquof global statecraft.»

While the tone does gradually shade a bit darker, DuVall never abandons humor entirely, save for a couple of climactic speeches (notably Smulder's) that are admirable for their concision and emotional directness.