Interpreting pitch accents in online comprehension: H* vs. L+H*

Cognitive Science

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1232-1244

  Watson, Duane G ^a   Tanenhaus, Michael K ^b   Gunlogson, Christine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accent; Discourse; Language; Pragmatics; Prosody

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349127424     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03640210802138755     Document Type: Article

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