'Foxes, deer', and 'hedgehogs': The recall of focus alternatives in Vietnamese

In tonal languages, the role of intonation in information-structuring has yet to be fully investigated. Intuitively, one would expect intonation to play only a small role in expressing communicative functions. However, experimental studies with Vietnamese native speakers show that intonation contour...

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Main Authors: Annika Tjuka, Huong Thi Thu Nguyen, Katharina Spalek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2020-10-01
Series:Laboratory Phonology
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Online Access:https://www.journal-labphon.org/articles/253