Prosody in Sentence Processing: Korean vs. English
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This article presents the intonation system of Korean and English analyzed in the same theoretical framework (autosegmental-metrical phonology of intonation). The role of prosody in sentence processing is discussed focusing on the similarities and differences between the intonation systems of these two languages. Future research directions are suggested at the end.
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