Functional prosody transfer in disambiguating questions and statements in an unknown language

Jacek Kudera; Katharina Zahner-Ritter

Functional prosody transfer in disambiguating questions and statements in an unknown language

Jacek Kudera, Katharina Zahner-Ritter

Published: 27 May 2025, Last Modified: 27 May 2025ICLC-11 PosterEveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY 4.0

Keywords: Suprasegmental phonetics;Functional prosody transfer; cross-linguistic influence; pitch accent and boundary tone manipulation; question-statement disambiguation

TL;DR: In this paper, we ask whether the ability to distinguish questions from statements in an (unknown) foreign language depends on a function of prosody in a listener's L1.

Submission Number: 58

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