Language and Speech articles from December 2006

Language and Speech archives from December 2006

Tonal association and tonal alignment: evidence from Greek polar questions and contrastive statements.
December 1, 2006... Abstract This paper compares the production and perception of the rise-fall contour of contrastive statements and the final rise-fall part of polar questions in Greek. The results show that these superficially similar rise-falls exhibit...

Phonetics and phonology of thematic contrast in German.
December 1, 2006... Abstract It is acknowledged that contrast plays an important role in understanding discourse and information structure. While it is commonly assumed that contrast can be marked by intonation only, our understanding of the intonational...

On the function of stress rhythms in speech: evidence of a link with grouping effects on serial memory.
December 1, 2006... Abstract Language learning requires a capacity to recall novel series of speech sounds. Research shows that prosodic marks create grouping effects enhancing serial recall. However, any restriction on memory affecting the reproduction of...

What does more time buy you? Another look at the effects of long-term residence on production accuracy of English /[??]/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers.
December 1, 2006... Abstract This study tested the issue of whether extended length of residence (LOR) in adulthood can provide sufficient input to overcome age effects. The study replicates Flege, Takagi, and Mann (1995), which found that 10 out of 12...