Phrase-Final Words in Greek Storytelling Speech: A Study on the Effect of a Culturally-Specific Prosodic Feature on Short-Term Memory

Autor/inn/en	Loutrari, Ariadne; Tselekidou, Freideriki; Proios, Hariklia
Titel	Phrase-Final Words in Greek Storytelling Speech: A Study on the Effect of a Culturally-Specific Prosodic Feature on Short-Term Memory
Quelle	In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 47 (2018) 4, S.947-957 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-6905
DOI	10.1007/s10936-018-9570-y
Schlagwörter	Speech Communication; Greek; Story Telling; Preadolescents; Auditory Stimuli; Suprasegmentals; Vowels; Comparative Analysis; Syllables; Cultural Influences; Recall (Psychology); Short Term Memory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grieche; Griechisch; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Auditive Stimulation; Silbe; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Abberufung; Kurzzeitgedächtnis
Abstract	Prosodic patterns of speech appear to make a critical contribution to memory-related processing. We considered the case of a previously unexplored prosodic feature of Greek storytelling and its effect on free recall in thirty typically developing children between the ages of 10 and 12 years, using short ecologically valid auditory stimuli. The combination of a falling pitch contour and, more notably, extensive final-syllable vowel lengthening, which gives rise to the prosodic feature in question, led to statistically significantly higher performance in comparison to neutral phrase-final prosody. Number of syllables in target words did not reveal substantial difference in performance. The current study presents a previously undocumented culturally-specific prosodic pattern and its effect on short-term memory. (As Provided).
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