Perception and Bias in the Processing of Compound versus Phrasal Stress: Evidence from Event-related Brain Potentials

Language and Speech

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-44

  McCauley, Stewart M ^a   Hestvik, Arild ^b   Vogel, Irene ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compounds; event related potentials (ERPs); meter; prosody; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874562647     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023830911434277     Document Type: Article

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