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The role of predictability and structure in word stress processing: an ERP study on Cairene Arabic and a cross-linguistic comparison
This article presents neurolinguistic data on word stress perception in Cairene Arabic, in comparison to previous results on German and Turkish. The main goal is to investigate how central properties of stress systems such as predictability of stress and metrical structure are reflected in the proso...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374546 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01151 |
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author | Domahs, Ulrike Knaus, Johannes A. El Shanawany, Heba Wiese, Richard |
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description | This article presents neurolinguistic data on word stress perception in Cairene Arabic, in comparison to previous results on German and Turkish. The main goal is to investigate how central properties of stress systems such as predictability of stress and metrical structure are reflected in the prosodic processing of words. Cairene Arabic is a language with a regular foot-based word stress system, leading to highly predictable placement of word stress. An ERP study on Cairene Arabic is reported, in which a stress violation paradigm is used to investigate the factors predictability of stress and foot structure. The results of the experiment show that for Cairene Arabic the internal structure of prosodic words in terms of feet determines prosodic processing. This structure effect is complemented by a frequency effect for stress patterns. |
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spelling | pubmed-42044492014-11-05 The role of predictability and structure in word stress processing: an ERP study on Cairene Arabic and a cross-linguistic comparison Domahs, Ulrike Knaus, Johannes A. El Shanawany, Heba Wiese, Richard Front Psychol Psychology This article presents neurolinguistic data on word stress perception in Cairene Arabic, in comparison to previous results on German and Turkish. The main goal is to investigate how central properties of stress systems such as predictability of stress and metrical structure are reflected in the prosodic processing of words. Cairene Arabic is a language with a regular foot-based word stress system, leading to highly predictable placement of word stress. An ERP study on Cairene Arabic is reported, in which a stress violation paradigm is used to investigate the factors predictability of stress and foot structure. The results of the experiment show that for Cairene Arabic the internal structure of prosodic words in terms of feet determines prosodic processing. This structure effect is complemented by a frequency effect for stress patterns. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4204449/ /pubmed/25374546 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01151 Text en Copyright © 2014 Domahs, Knaus, El Shanawany and Wiese. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Domahs, Ulrike Knaus, Johannes A. El Shanawany, Heba Wiese, Richard The role of predictability and structure in word stress processing: an ERP study on Cairene Arabic and a cross-linguistic comparison |
title | The role of predictability and structure in word stress processing: an ERP study on Cairene Arabic and a cross-linguistic comparison |
title_full | The role of predictability and structure in word stress processing: an ERP study on Cairene Arabic and a cross-linguistic comparison |
title_fullStr | The role of predictability and structure in word stress processing: an ERP study on Cairene Arabic and a cross-linguistic comparison |
title_full_unstemmed | The role of predictability and structure in word stress processing: an ERP study on Cairene Arabic and a cross-linguistic comparison |
title_short | The role of predictability and structure in word stress processing: an ERP study on Cairene Arabic and a cross-linguistic comparison |
title_sort | role of predictability and structure in word stress processing: an erp study on cairene arabic and a cross-linguistic comparison |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374546 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01151 |
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