Intonation facilitates contrast resolution: Evidence from Japanese adults and 6-year olds

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 265-284

  Ito, Kiwako ^a,b   Jincho, Nobuyuki ^b   Minai, Utako ^b,c   Yamane, Naoto ^b   Mazuka, Reiko ^b,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Japanese; Prosodic prominence; Prosody development; Reference resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955164251     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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