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  The role of prosody in language comprehension and turn-taking

Bögels, S. (2016). The role of prosody in language comprehension and turn-taking. Talk presented at the Language and Cognition Group, University of Leiden. Leiden, The Netherlands. 2016-05-12.

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Bögels, Sara1, 2, Author           
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1Language and Cognition Department, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_792548              
2INTERACT, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, Wundtlaan 1, 6525 XD Nijmegen, NL, ou_1863331              

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 Abstract: In this talk I will discuss two strands of research concerning the role of prosody: (1) in sentence comprehension and (2) in turn-taking. In the first, relatively brief part, I will outline how I have studied spoken sentence comprehension using EEG. I will give an example of a study showing that prosodic information can be very relevant for understanding sentence structure, and in some cases even overrides syntax. In the second part I will show four recent studies that all more or less directly show the importance of final prosodic cues in determining turn ends in turn-taking. The first one uses breathing measurements to show that articulation appears to be timed very closely to the turn end. The next two studies employ an experimental button-press paradigm to show that listeners use turn-final prosodic cues to determine turn ends, in questions and in turns more generally. In the last study, we used a vocal reaction time paradigm to show that listeners can use prosodic cues to anticipate turn ends.

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 Dates: 2016-05-12
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Title: the Language and Cognition Group, University of Leiden
Place of Event: Leiden, The Netherlands
Start-/End Date: 2016-05-12
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