Prosodic facilitation and interference in the resolution of temporary synactic closure ambiguity

Prosodic facilitation and interference in the resolution of temporary synactic closure ambiguity

Subjects listened to sentences with early closure (e.g., When Roger leaves the house is dark) or late closure syntax (e.g., When Roger leaves the house it's dark) and one of three prosodies: cooperating (coinciding prosodic and syntactic boundary), baseline (phonetically neutralized prosodic bo...

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Published in:Journal of memory and language Vol. 40; no. 2; p. 153
Main Authors: Kjelgaard, Margaret M, Speer, Shari R
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Elsevier BV 01-02-1999
Subjects:
Cognition & reasoning
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Phonetics
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Summary:Subjects listened to sentences with early closure (e.g., When Roger leaves the house is dark) or late closure syntax (e.g., When Roger leaves the house it's dark) and one of three prosodies: cooperating (coinciding prosodic and syntactic boundary), baseline (phonetically neutralized prosodic boundary), and conflicting (prosodic boundary at a misleading syntactic location). Prosodic manipulations were verified by phonetic measurements and listener judgments.
ISSN:0749-596X
1096-0821