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The neural processing of pitch accents in continuous speech [PDF]

Neuropsychologia, 2021
International audiencePitch accents are local pitch patterns that convey differences in word prominence and modulate the information structure of the discourse.
Fernando Llanos, G Nike Gnanateja, Bharath Chandrasekaran   +2 more
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How experience with tone in the native language affects the L2 acquisition of pitch accents [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
This paper tested the ability of Mandarin learners of German, whose native language has lexical tone, to imitate pitch accent contrasts in German, an intonation language.
Katharina Zahner-Ritter, Tianyi Zhao, Marieke Einfeldt, Bettina Braun   +3 more
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Mapping Pitch Accents to Memory Representations in Spoken Discourse Among Chinese Learners of English: Effects of L2 Proficiency and Working Memory [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
We examined L2 learners’ interpretation of pitch accent cues in discourse memory and how these effects vary with proficiency and working memory (WM).
Connie Qun Guan, Connie Qun Guan, Wanjin Meng, Laura M. Morett, Scott H. Fraundorf   +4 more
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Cortical processing of discrete prosodic patterns in continuous speech [PDF]

Nature Communications
Prosody has a vital function in speech, structuring a speaker’s intended message for the listener. The superior temporal gyrus (STG) is considered a critical hub for prosody, but the role of earlier auditory regions like Heschl’s gyrus (HG), associated ...
G. Nike Gnanateja, Kyle Rupp, Fernando Llanos, Jasmine Hect, James S. German, Tobias Teichert, Taylor J. Abel, Bharath Chandrasekaran   +7 more
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L1 Influences on Bulgarian-Accented German: Prosodic Units and Prenuclear Pitch Accents

Languages, 2022
This study investigates the L1 influence on the use of accentual patterns, choice of prenuclear pitch accent types and their realization on L2 prosody. We use Mennen’s LILt model as a framework for our analysis.
Bistra Andreeva, Andreeva Bistra
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Intervallic intonation: Applying the Implication-Realization model of musical melody to speech intonation and prosody. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
This methodological study presents the Implication-Realization (IR) model as a framework for the analysis of linguistic prosody and examines its application to English-language examples of speech. Originally developed by Eugene Narmour for music analysis,
Alfred W Cramer
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Effects of pitch accents in attachment ambiguity resolution [PDF]

Language and Cognitive Processes, 2011
Eun-Kyung Lee, Duane G Watson
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Neural Coding of Fundamental Frequency and Processing of Discrete Pitch Accents in Middle Age [PDF]

European Journal of Neuroscience
Jacie R Mchaney, Zhe-Chen Guo, G Nike Gnanateja   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Multimodal Prominence Marking in Semi-Spontaneous YouTube Monologs: The Interaction of Intonation and Eyebrow Movements

Frontiers in Communication, 2022
Both facial expressions like eyebrow movements and prosodic characteristics like pitch height and the position of the pitch accent relative to the prominent syllable play an important role in prominence marking, which in turn is used by YouTubers and ...
Stephanie Berger, Margaret Zellers
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Intonational Features of Spontaneous Narrations in Monolingual and Heritage Russian in the U.S.—An Exploration of the RUEG Corpus

Languages, 2023
This article presents RuPro, a new corpus resource of prosodically annotated speech by Russian heritage speakers in the U.S. and monolingually raised Russian speakers.
Sabine Zerbian, Yulia Zuban, Martin Klotz   +2 more
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