Is there really an asymmetry in the acquisition of the focus-to-accentuation mapping?

Lingua

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1926-1939

  Chen, Aoju ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accentuation; Asymmetry; Comprehension; Focus; Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952419075     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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