Focus Effects on Immediate and Delayed Recognition of Referents in Samoan
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DOI: 10.1177/00238309221101396
Abstract: This paper looks at the effect of focus-marking on the immediate and delayed recognition of referents in Samoan. Focus-marking on a word can imply the presence of alternatives to that word which are relevant to… read more here.
Keywords: recognition; immediate delayed; delayed recognition; focus marking ... See more keywords
The f0 perturbation effects in focus marking: Evidence from Korean and Japanese
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283139
Abstract: Many studies showed that prosodic cues such as f0, duration and intensity are used in focus marking cross-linguistically. Usually, on-focus words exhibit expansions of acoustic cues such as f0 expansion, whereas post-focus words may show… read more here.
Keywords: focus marking; effects focus; acoustic cues; perturbation effects ... See more keywords
The Influence of Focus Marking on Pronoun Resolution in Dialogue Context
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.684639
Abstract: Using visual world eye-tracking, we examined whether adults (N = 58) and children (N = 37; 3;1–6;3) use linguistic focussing devices to help resolve ambiguous pronouns. Participants listened to English dialogues about potential referents of… read more here.
Keywords: marking pronoun; resolution dialogue; focus; focus marking ... See more keywords