Prosodic Realization of Focus in Second Language Speech: Effects of Language Experience

Prosodic focus is phonetically realized by increasing duration, F0 and intensity on the focused constituents in a sentence. In some languages, there is a concomitant compression of F0 and intensity after the focused item, referred to as post-focus compression (PFC). Southern Min is a tone language t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Ying
Other Authors: Redford, Melissa
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18542