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Peer reviewedCooper, William E. – Journal of Phonetics, 1976
A sentence-reading procedure was used to study the influence of syntactic structure on the timing of syllables in speech production. The study was designed to test whether syllable lengthening might be sensitive to the distinction between surface and underlying structure. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Deep Structure, Language Research, Language Rhythm
Peer reviewedValian, Virginia – Journal of Phonetics, 1980
Describes an experiment designed to determine the effect of missing syntactic cues on listeners' comprehension of grammatical sentences heard through noise. Comparison between sentences containing function word deletions and sentences with a more clearly displayed syntactic structure suggests that deletion of minor cues hinders comprehension under…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cues, Linguistic Performance, Listening Comprehension
