Affective prosody functions as a means of communicating feelings and attitudes. For example, the simple request ‘Come here’ could be said with a tone of voice that would indicate the person has found something interesting and is happy; is anxious and needs reassurance; or is perhaps angry and about to administer an expected consequence (Pyles 2002). Research has confirmed the impressions of parents and clinicians, that the prosody of children and adults with Asperger’s syndrome can be unusual, especially with regard to pragmatic and affective prosody (Shriberg et al. 2001). The person’s speech
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