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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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Watson, Duane; Breen, Mara; Gibson, Edward – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2006
Researchers have hypothesized that words that are highly related semantically are more likely to occur within the same intonational phrase (F. zzaq;, 1988; E. O. Selkirk, 1984). D. Watson and E. Gibson (2004) proposed that semantic closeness can be captured by using the argument/adjunct distinction, such that intonational boundaries are more…
Descriptors: Role, Intonation, Syntax, Semantics