Can Intonational Phrase Structure Be Primed (Like Syntactic Structure)?
| Title: | Can Intonational Phrase Structure Be Primed (Like Syntactic Structure)? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Tooley, Kristen M., Konopka, Agnieszka E., Watson, Duane G. |
| Source: | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Mar 2014 40(2):348-363. |
| Availability: | American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Institutes of Health (DHHS) |
| Contract Number: | R01 DC008774 T32 HD055272 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Experimental Psychology, Phrase Structure, Priming, Sentences, Auditory Stimuli, Comparative Analysis, Intonation, Imitation, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Suprasegmentals, College Students, Word Order, Memory, Proximity, Interaction, Syntax |
| Geographic Terms: | Illinois |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0034900 |
| ISSN: | 0278-7393 |
| Abstract: | In 3 experiments, we investigated whether intonational phrase structure can be primed. In all experiments, participants listened to sentences in which the presence and location of intonational phrase boundaries were manipulated such that the recording included either no intonational phrase boundaries, a boundary in a structurally dispreferred location, a boundary in a preferred location, or boundaries in both locations. In Experiment 1, participants repeated the sentences to test whether they would reproduce the prosodic structure they had just heard. Experiments 2 and 3 used a prime--target paradigm to evaluate whether the intonational phrase structure heard in the prime sentence might influence that of a novel target sentence. Experiment 1 showed that participants did repeat back sentences that they had just heard with the original intonational phrase structure, yet Experiments 2 and 3 found that exposure to intonational phrase boundaries on prime trials did not influence how a novel target sentence was prosodically phrased. These results suggest that speakers may retain the intonational phrasing of a sentence, but this effect is not long-lived and does not generalize across unrelated sentences. Furthermore, these findings provide no evidence that intonational phrase structure is formulated during a planning stage that is separate from other sources of linguistic information. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 47 |
| Entry Date: | 2015 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1056540 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| ISSN: | 0278-7393 |
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| DOI: | 10.1037/a0034900 |
| Published in: | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition |
| Language: | English |