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  Prosodic cues for morphological complexity: The case of Dutch plural nouns

Kemps, R. J. J. K., Ernestus, M., Schreuder, R., & Baayen, R. H. (2005). Prosodic cues for morphological complexity: The case of Dutch plural nouns. Memory & Cognition, 33(3), 430-446.

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Kemps, Rachèl J. J. K.1, 2, 3, Author
Ernestus, Mirjam1, 2, 3, Author
Schreuder, Robert3, 4, Author
Baayen, R. Harald3, 5, Author
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1Language Comprehension Group, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_55203              
2Center for Language Studies, external, ou_55238              
3Decoding Continuous Speech, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_55222              
4Interfacultaire Werkgroep Taal- en Spraakgedrag, external, ou_55237              
5Pioneer, external, ou_55239              

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 Abstract: It has recently been shown that listeners use systematic differences in vowel length and intonation to resolve ambiguities between onset-matched simple words (Davis, Marslen-Wilson, & Gaskell, 2002; Salverda, Dahan, & McQueen, 2003). The present study shows that listeners also use prosodic information in the speech signal to optimize morphological processing. The precise acoustic realization of the stem provides crucial information to the listener about the morphological context in which the stem appears and attenuates the competition between stored inflectional variants. We argue that listeners are able to make use of prosodic information, even though the speech signal is highly variable within and between speakers, by virtue of the relative invariance of the duration of the onset. This provides listeners with a baseline against which the durational cues in a vowel and a coda can be evaluated. Furthermore, our experiments provide evidence for item-specific prosodic effects.

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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 33 (3) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 430 - 446 Identifier: -