The Role of Lexical Contrast in the Perception of Intonational Prominence in Japanese
In this dissertation, I examine the effects of lexical accent on the perception of intonational prominence in Japanese. I look at how an F0 accent peak is perceived relative to another flanking F0 peak in the same utterance with respect to perceived intonational prominence. Through four experiments,...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2009
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| Online Access: | http://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/25 |