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Lares, Erwin – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Verb-object idioms such as "kick the bucket" are very common in Spanish. This research set out to find what systematic differences exist between the literal and idiomatic interpretations of idioms of this kind from three different experimental perspectives: production, perception, and acceptability judgments focused on verbal aspect.…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Spanish, Verbs, Form Classes (Languages)
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Archibald, John; Croteau, Nicole – Second Language Research, 2021
In this article we look at some of the structural properties of second language (L2) Japanese WH questions. In Japanese the WH words are licensed to remain "in situ" by the prosodic contiguity properties of the phrases which have no prosodic boundaries between the WH word and the question particle. In a rehearsed-reading, sentence…
Descriptors: Japanese, Grammar, Intonation, Suprasegmentals
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Pasquinelli, Rennie; Tessier, Anne Michelle; Karas, Zachary; Hu, Xiaosu; Kovelman, Ioulia – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: The fine-tuning of linguistic prosody in later childhood is poorly understood, and its neurological processing is even less well studied. In particular, it is unknown if grammatical processing of prosody is left- or rightlateralized in childhood versus adulthood and how phonological working memory might modulate such lateralization.…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Lateral Dominance, Language Processing, Intonation
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Ben-David, Boaz M.; Gal-Rosenblum, Sarah; van Lieshout, Pascal H. H. M.; Shakuf, Vered – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: We aim to identify the possible sources for age-related differences in the perception of emotion in speech, focusing on the distinct roles of semantics (words) and prosody (tone of speech) and their interaction. Method: We implement the Test for Rating of Emotions in Speech (Ben-David, Multani, Shakuf, Rudzicz, & van Lieshout, 2016).…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Intonation, Semantics, Suprasegmentals
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Hallin, Anna Eva; Van Lancker Sidtis, Diana – Applied Linguistics, 2017
Formulaic expressions (such as idioms, proverbs, and conversational speech formulas) are currently a topic of interest. Examination of prosody in formulaic utterances, a less explored property of formulaic expressions, has yielded controversial views. The present study investigates prosodic characteristics of proverbs, as one type of formulaic…
Descriptors: Swedish, Proverbs, Intonation, Suprasegmentals
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Filipe, Marisa G.; Frota, Sónia; Castro, São Luís; Vicente, Selene G. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
It is known that individuals with Asperger syndrome (AS) may show no problems with regard to what is said (e.g., lexical content) but tend to have difficulties in how utterances are produced, i.e., they may show prosodic impairments. In the present study, we focus on the use of prosodic features to express grammatical meaning. Specifically, we…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Suprasegmentals, Intonation
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Parlak, Özgür; Ziegler, Nicole – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
Although previous research has demonstrated the efficacy of recasts on second language (L2) morphology and lexis (e.g., Li, 2010; Mackey & Goo, 2007), few studies have examined their effect on learners' phonological development (although see Saito, 2015; Saito & Lyster, 2012). The current study investigates the impact of recasts on the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Hutchins, Sean; Peretz, Isabelle – Brain and Language, 2012
A longstanding issue in psychology is the relationship between how we perceive the world and how we act upon it. Pitch deafness provides an interesting opportunity to test for the independence of perception and production abilities in the speech domain. We tested eight amusics and eight matched controls for their ability to perceive pitch shifts…
Descriptors: Imitation, Comparative Analysis, Auditory Discrimination, Speech Communication
Guigelaar, Ellen R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Late second language (L2) learners often struggle with L2 prosody, both in perception and production. This may result from first language (L1) interference or some property of how a second language functions in a late learner independent of what their L1 might be. Here we investigate prosody's role in determining information structure through…
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Mandarin Chinese
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Tooley, Kristen M.; Konopka, Agnieszka E.; Watson, Duane G. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
In 3 experiments, we investigated whether intonational phrase structure can be primed. In all experiments, participants listened to sentences in which the presence and location of intonational phrase boundaries were manipulated such that the recording included either no intonational phrase boundaries, a boundary in a structurally dispreferred…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Phrase Structure, Priming, Sentences
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Terzi, Arhonto; Marinis, Theodoros; Francis, Kostantinos – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
In order to study problems of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) with morphosyntax, we investigated twenty high-functioning Greek-speaking children (mean age: 6;11) and twenty age- and language-matched typically developing children on environments that allow or forbid object clitics or their corresponding noun phrase. Children with…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Verbal Ability, Vocabulary, Foreign Countries
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Chin, Steven B.; Bergeson, Tonya R.; Phan, Jennifer – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2012
Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to examine the relation between speech intelligibility and prosody production in children who use cochlear implants. Methods: The Beginner's Intelligibility Test (BIT) and Prosodic Utterance Production (PUP) task were administered to 15 children who use cochlear implants and 10 children with normal…
Descriptors: Sentences, Children, Communication Disorders, Comparative Analysis
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Morrill, Tuuli – Language and Speech, 2012
This study investigates the phonetic implementation of stress in American English compounds by measuring the interaction of stress cues with different intonation patterns. Participants in an experiment produced compounds and phrases such as "greenhouse" and "green house" in different prosodic positions and sentence types to elicit the contrast in…
Descriptors: Evidence, Sentences, Cues, Intonation
Gokgoz Kurt, Burcu; Medlin, Julie; Tessarolo, Ashley – Online Submission, 2014
Considering the contradictory research on explicit teaching of suprasegmentals, the present study aims to investigate the effects of explicit instruction of L2 English learners' perception of prosodically ambiguous intonation patterns, as well as the possible effects of reported musical familiarity on intonation acquisition. A control group and a…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Second Language Learning, Language Patterns
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Horley, Kaye; Reid, Amanda; Burnham, Denis – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2010
Purpose: In this study, the authors investigated emotional prosody in patients with moderate Dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) With Late Onset. It was expected that both expression and reception of prosody would be impaired relative to age-matched controls. Method: Twenty DAT and 20 control participants engaged in 2 expressive and 2 receptive…
Descriptors: Sentences, Emotional Response, Dementia, Acoustics
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