Word of Mouth
Word of Mouth
BBC Radio 4
Intonation: The Music of Speaking
27 minutes Posted Feb 14, 2017 at 4:00 pm.
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Michael Rosen and Laura Wright explore the tunes we sing when we are speaking - without even realising it. Sound artist John Wynne extracts the melodies to play in the studio and Sam Hellmuth explains what we use intonation for.

Producer Beth O'Dea.