The perception of prosodic features, such as melody, rhythm, and accentuation, is a key subject of study in speech science. However, empirically researching the perception of prosody is challenging, as there is no direct internal psychological counterpart to the measurable acoustic signal. Additionally, the environment influences the perception process even at a very low level of processing. Wieland Kranich provides an overview of the numerous, sometimes contradictory findings available and presents his own experimental series on selected aspects of prosody perception. He demonstrates that the connection between form and functional features of prosody is central and that this connection already affects the perception outcome at a fundamental level.