A01 - Intonation and attention orienting : Neurophysiological and behavioural correlates - CRC1252 (Prominence in Language)

To investigate the prominence-lending function of prosody, in particular its contribution to attention orienting, we will seek evidence from prominence ratings and electrophysiological measurements during the perception of different accent types in German. The project will further investigate the production and perception of prosodic prominence in relation to the depth of information processing as a function of language-specific expectations on focal and post-focal material. Here we will compare two languages, Italian and German, which reportedly assign different levels of prominence postfocally.

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