Prosody in the comprehension of spoken language

Cutler, A., Dahan, & van Donselaar, W. (1997). Prosody in the comprehension of spoken language: A literature review. Language and Speech, 40(2), 141-201.

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Journal article

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Primary research

Year

1997

Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/002383099704000203verified

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music_musicology

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Primes

• Rhythm
  • Prosodic rhythm disambiguates structure ("a lighthouse keeper" vs. "a light housekeeper"), signals emotion, and marks information focus by where stress and pausing fall.

    This sourceReview of prosodic rhythm in speech: stress and pausing disambiguate syntactic structure, signal information focus, and guide lexical access, with stress-timed and syllable-timed languages organizing the rhythmic frame differently.

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