An unfamiliar intonation contour slows down online speech comprehension

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-375

  Braun, Bettina ^a,b   Dainora, Audra ^c   Ernestus, Mirjam ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross modal priming; Dutch; Foreign accent; Intonation; Lexical access; Speech comprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 79952710638     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: 14640732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690965.2010.492641     Document Type: Article

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