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Perception of Stress in Disyllabic Words in Changsha Xiang: The Effects of Syllable Duration and F0 Contour

This study investigated the exploitation of acoustic cues (syllable duration and F0 contour) in perceiving Changsha stress, and revealed that both cues provided facilitation to the discerning of stress patterns. However, the effect of F0 contour weighs more than that of syllable duration…

English Lexical Stress Perception by Beijing and Changsha Listeners at Different Proficiency Levels: Support or Hindrance From Vowel Reduction, Duration, and Intonation

This study tested the eﬀects of three acoustic/segmental correlates, f0, duration, and vowel reduction on non-native perception of English stress …

The Prosody of Sarcasm and its Relationship With Lexical Choices in Mandarin Chinese

This study studied the prosody of sarcasm in Mandarin Chinese. Different conversation scenarios were designed in the current study to elicit sarcastic and non-sarcastic recordings from native speakers of Beijing Mandarin …