Cue-weighting in processing of prosodic boundaries in Dutch: An event-related potential (ERP) study.

ABSTRACT: Across languages, major prosodic boundaries, such as intonational phrase (henceforth, IP) boundaries, are typically signalled via three types of prosodic cues, namely pitch change, final lengthening, and pause. However, the relative weight of each cue in the perception of IP boundaries differs across languages. Little is known about which cues are important in Dutch. This study investigates cue-weighting during processing of IP boundaries in Dutch by examining the effects of varying combinations of cues on the neurophysiological correlate of boundary processing, i.e., the Closure Positive Shift (CPS). Twenty-five native speakers of Dutch listened to renditions of a name sequence, connected by the coordinating conjunction en ('and'), i.e., Moni en Lilli en Manu, with or without an IP bounda

SUBMITTER: Geutjes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12819481 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature