How prosody constrains comprehension: A limited effect of prosodic packaging

Lingua

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1066-1082

  Carlson, Katy ^a   Frazier, Lyn ^b   Clifton Jr , Charles ^b  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Ellipsis; Pitch accent; Prosody; Sentence processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849116772     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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