Word for making an implication with tone?

Question

Sometimes when people use the name of the person they're talking to in a statement it's used to dismiss the discussion at hand. For example, "Because the sky is blue, Alice" or "If you have two two's, Bob, then you have four."\n\nThe person making the statement isn't explicitly dismissing the conversation, but said with the right tone, they imply dismissal. And said with another tone, they don't imply dismissal.\n\nThen, is there a word for "when tone implies meaning"?

Answer 1

Hi! You may be looking for the word "intonation", defined as "the sound changes produced by the rise and fall of the voice when speaking, especially when this has an effect on the meaning of what is said".

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/dictionary.cambridge.org/us/amp/english/intonation

In the English language, intonation is used to express the feeling or purpose behind the sentence, whether it is sarcastic or derisive or expressing another emotion, or to show if it's a question, exclamation or statement. Some languages like Chinese even use intonation to express differing definitions of a word, but English does not do that.

Hope that helps!