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2. The Limits of Metrical Segmentation: Intonation Modulates Infants' Extraction of Embedded Trochees

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Zahner, Katharina, Schonhuber, Muna, and Braun, Bettina

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We tested German nine-month-olds' reliance on pitch and metrical stress for segmentation. In a headturn-preference paradigm, infants were familiarized with trisyllabic words (weak-strong-weak (WSW) stress pattern) in sentence-contexts. The words were presented in one of three naturally occurring intonation conditions: one in which high pitch was aligned with the stressed syllable and two misalignment conditions (with high pitch preceding vs. following the stressed syllable). Infants were tested on the SW unit of the WSW carriers. Experiment 1 showed recognition only when the stressed syllable was high-pitched. Intonation of test items (similar vs. dissimilar to familiarization) had no influence (Experiment 2). Thus, German nine-month-olds perceive stressed syllables as word onsets only when high-pitched, although they already generalize over different pitch contours. Different mechanisms underlying this pattern of results are discussed.

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2016
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6. The Prosody of Rhetorical and Information-Seeking Questions in German.

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Braun, Bettina, Dehé, Nicole, Neitsch, Jana, Wochner, Daniela, and Zahner, Katharina

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CHI-squared test, CONVERSATION, STATISTICAL correlation, EXPERIMENTAL design, LANGUAGE & languages, LINGUISTICS, PHONETICS, REGRESSION analysis, RESEARCH funding, STATISTICAL sampling, SEMANTICS, PHYSIOLOGICAL aspects of speech, HUMAN voice, INFORMATION-seeking behavior, RANDOMIZED controlled trials, INFORMATION needs, INTER-observer reliability, DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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This paper reports on the prosody of rhetorical questions (RQs) and information-seeking questions (ISQs) in German for two question types—polar questions and constituent questions (henceforth " wh -questions"). The results are as follows: Phonologically, polar RQs were mainly realized with H-% (high plateau), while polar ISQs mostly ended in H-^H% (high-rise). Wh -RQs almost exclusively terminated in a low edge tone, whereas wh -ISQs allowed for more tonal variation (L-%, L-H%, H-^H%). Irrespective of question type, RQs were mainly produced with L*+H accents. Phonetically, RQs were more often realized with breathy voice quality than ISQs, in particular in the beginning of the interrogative. Furthermore, they were produced with longer constituent durations than ISQs, in particular at the end of the interrogative. While the difference between RQs and ISQs is reflected in the intonational terminus of the utterance, this does not happen in the way suggested in the semantic literature, and in addition, accent type and phonetic parameters also play a role. Crucially, a simple distinction between rising and falling intonation is insufficient to capture the realization of the different illocution types (RQs, ISQs), against frequent claims in the semantic and pragmatic literature. We suggest alternative ways to interpret the findings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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10. Quantifying Sources of Variability in Infancy Research Using the Infant-Directed-Speech Preference

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Frank, Michael C., Alcock, Katherine Jane, Arias-Trejo, Natalia, Aschersleben, Gisa, Baldwin, Dare, Barbu, Stéphanie, Bergelson, Elika, Bergmann, Christina, Black, Alexis K., Blything, Ryan, Böhland, Maximilian P., Bolitho, Petra, Borovsky, Arielle, Brady, Shannon M., Braun, Bettina, Brown, Anna, Byers-Heinlein, Krista, Campbell, Linda E., Cashon, Cara, Choi, Mihye, Christodoulou, Joan, Cirelli, Laura K., Conte, Stefania, Cordes, Sara, Cox, Christopher, Cristia, Alejandrina, Cusack, Rhodri, Davies, Catherine, de Klerk, Maartje, Delle Luche, Claire, Ruiter, Laura de, Dinakar, Dhanya, Dixon, Kate C., Durier, Virginie, Durrant, Samantha, Fennell, Christopher, Ferguson, Brock, Ferry, Alissa, Fikkert, Paula, Flanagan, Teresa, Floccia, Caroline, Foley, Megan, Fritzsche, Tom, Frost, Rebecca L. A., Gampe, Anja, Gervain, Judit, Gonzalez-Gomez, Nayeli, Gupta, Anna, Hahn, Laura E., Kiley Hamlin, J., Hannon, Erin E., Havron, Naomi, Hay, Jessica, Hernik, Mikołaj, Höhle, Barbara, Houston, Derek M., Howard, Lauren H., Ishikawa, Mitsuhiko, Itakura, Shoji, Jackson, Iain, Jakobsen, Krisztina V., Jarto, Marianna, Johnson, Scott P., Junge, Caroline, Karadag, Didar, Kartushina, Natalia, Kellier, Danielle J., Keren-Portnoy, Tamar, Klassen, Kelsey, Kline, Melissa, Ko, Eon-Suk, Kominsky, Jonathan F., Kosie, Jessica E., Kragness, Haley E., Krieger, Andrea A. R., Krieger, Florian, Lany, Jill, Lazo, Roberto J., Lee, Michelle, Leservoisier, Chloé, Levelt, Claartje, Lew-Williams, Casey, Lippold, Matthias, Liszkowski, Ulf, Liu, Liquan, Luke, Steven G., Lundwall, Rebecca A., Macchi Cassia, Viola, Mani, Nivedita, Marino, Caterina, Martin, Alia, Mastroberardino, Meghan, Mateu, Victoria, Mayor, Julien, Menn, Katharina, Michel, Christine, Moriguchi, Yusuke, Morris, Benjamin, Nave, Karli M., Nazzi, Thierry, Noble, Claire, Novack, Miriam A., Olesen, Nonah M., John Orena, Adriel, Ota, Mitsuhiko, Panneton, Robin, Esfahani, Sara Parvanezadeh, Paulus, Markus, Pletti, Carolina, Polka, Linda, Potter, Christine, Rabagliati, Hugh, Ramachandran, Shruthilaya, Rennels, Jennifer L., Reynolds, Greg D., Roth, Kelly C., Rothwell, Charlotte, Rubez, Doroteja, Ryjova, Yana, Saffran, Jenny, Sato, Ayumi, Savelkouls, Sophie, Schachner, Adena, Schafer, Graham, Schreiner, Melanie S., Seidl, Amanda, Shukla, Mohinish, Simpson, Elizabeth A., Singh, Leher, Skarabela, Barbora, Soley, Gaye, Sundara, Megha, Theakston, Anna, Thompson, Abbie, Trainor, Laurel J., Trehub, Sandra E., Trøan, Anna S., Tsui, Angeline Sin-Mei, Twomey, Katherine, Von Holzen, Katie, Wang, Yuanyuan, Waxman, Sandra, Werker, Janet F., Wermelinger, Stephanie, Woolard, Alix, Yurovsky, Daniel, Zahner, Katharina, Zettersten, Martin, and Soderstrom, Melanie

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2020
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