Prosody and Speech Processing across Languages and Varieties

This special collection brings together research which advances our understanding of the role of prosody in speech processing, concentrating on research which widens the range of languages and language varieties which contribute to this understanding. There is a focus on: (i) the role of prosody in semantic interpretation, including information structure; and (ii) prosody as an organizational structure for speech production and perception.


The collection was inspired by discussions at the “Workshop on the Processing of Prosody across Languages and Varieties (ProsLang),” held in Wellington, New Zealand in November 2018. It includes contributions from workshop participants, as well as others, in response to an open call for papers in 2019. The collection is edited by Sasha Calhoun, Paul Warren, Janet Fletcher and Bettina Braun, with Olcay Türk and Mengzhu Yan.


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Foxes, deer, and hedgehogs: The recall of focus alternatives in Vietnamese
Foxes, deer, and hedgehogs: The recall of focus alternatives in Vietnamese

Annika Tjuka, Huong Thi Thu Nguyen and Katharina Spalek

2020-10-26 Volume 11 • Issue 1 • 2020 • Volume 11

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Rejecting false alternatives in Chinese and English: The interaction of prosody, clefting, and default focus position
Rejecting false alternatives in Chinese and English: The interaction of prosody, clefting, and default focus position

Mengzhu Yan and Sasha Calhoun

2020-10-28 Volume 11 • Issue 1 • 2020 • Volume 11

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The impact of animacy and speech rhythm on the word order of conjuncts in German preschoolers and adults
The impact of animacy and speech rhythm on the word order of conjuncts in German preschoolers and adults

Isabelle Franz, Gerrit Kentner and Frank Domahs

2021-06-25 Volume 12 • Issue 1 • 2021 • Volume 12

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Juncture prosody across languages: Similar production but dissimilar perception
Juncture prosody across languages: Similar production but dissimilar perception

Martin Ho Kwan Ip and Anne Cutler

2022-03-08 Volume 13 • Issue 1 • 2022 • Volume 13

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Integrating phonological and phonetic aspects of Mandarin Tone 3 sandhi in auditory sentence disambiguation
Integrating phonological and phonetic aspects of Mandarin Tone 3 sandhi in auditory sentence disambiguation

Wei Lai and Aini Li

2022-04-29 Volume 13 • Issue 1 • 2022 • Volume 13

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Standing out in context: Prominence in the production and perception of public speech
Standing out in context: Prominence in the production and perception of public speech

Suyeon Im, Jennifer Cole and Stefan Baumann

2023-05-03 Volume 14 • Issue 1 • 2023 • Volume 14

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