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ERIC Number: EJ613075
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0026-7902
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Cantonese Speakers' Memory for English Sentences with Prosodic Cues.
Pennington, Martha C.; Ellis, Nick C.
Modern Language Journal, v84 n3 p372-89 Fall 2000
Reviews the nature and functions of prosody, and contrasts English and Cantonese for this feature of language as background for two experimental studies. Thirty Cantonese advanced speakers of English were tested for their recognition memory of English sentences in which prosody-cued meaning contrasts in otherwise identical sentence pairs. Results are discussed. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Cantonese, College Students, Cues, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Memory, Recognition (Psychology), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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