Native and second-language processing of contrastive pitch accent
An ERP study
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 11655660 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Aleuna Lee (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA), Michelle Perdomo (0000-0002-8845-7384, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA), Edith Kaan (0000-0002-0862-2993, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2019 |
| Volumen | 36 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 503-527 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2019-04-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Second language Research (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0267658319838300 |
| OpenAlex | W2939583401 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 5 |
| Referencias citadas | 37 |
Prosody signals important aspects of meaning, and hence, is crucial for language comprehension and learning, yet remains under-investigated in second-language (L2) processing. The present electrophysiology study investigates the use of prosody to cue information structure, in particular, the use of contrastive pitch accent (L+H*) to define the set of elements that are contrasted. For instance, in We ate Angela’s cake, but saved BENjamin’s cake, the pitch accent on Benjamin’s is a cue that two cakes are contrasted; BENjamin’s ice cream is not plausible in this context. Native English speakers showed a large negativity on the target noun ( cake) when the preceding possessive was inappropriately accented. Event-related brain potential (ERP) results from Mandarin-Chinese L2 learners of English suggest they did not use contrastive pitch accent to cue the contrast set in the way native English speakers did, even though Mandarin is similar to English in the use of prosodic cues to express contrast. Our results are in line with previous studies suggesting that L2 speakers have difficulty integrating information across domains and building information structure, especially in demanding task situations like in the present study
Context (archaeology · Contrast (vision · First language · Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Pitch accent · Prosody · Set (abstract data type · Stress (linguistics · Computer Science · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Artificial Intelligence
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| Altamente citado | No |
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