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Prosodic persistence in music performance and speech production

Jungers, Melissa Kay
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1060192519

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2003, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Psychology.
Prosodic cues play a similar role in speech and music; they can differentiate interpretations of ambiguous sentences or melodies and they can aid memory. Prosodic cues can be related to the syntactic structure of an intended production, but they can also exist separately from the structural features. Four experiments examined the persistence of structurally-related and structurally-unrelated prosodic cues in production. In Experiment 1, pianists listened to melodies containing intensity and articulation cues and performed similar metrically ambiguous melodies. Pianists' performances persisted only in the metrically-unrelated articulation cues, but in a metrically related manner. In Experiment 2, speakers heard sentences containing prosodic phrase breaks and tonal patterns and produced similar syntactically ambiguous sentences. Their productions reflected syntactically-related prosodic phrase breaks and some evidence of syntactically-unrelated tonal (pitch) accents. Experiments 3 and 4 examined listeners' ability to judge the meter or syntax from the productions collected in Experiments 1 and 2. Listeners correctly identified the meter and syntax of the productions. These results suggest that prosodic persistence may be beneficial in a conversational or ensemble context.
Caroline Palmer (Advisor)
91 p.
PROSODY; MUSIC PERFORMANCE; SPEECH PRODUCTION

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  • Jungers, M. K. (2003). Prosodic persistence in music performance and speech production [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1060192519

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Jungers, Melissa. Prosodic persistence in music performance and speech production. 2003. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1060192519.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Jungers, Melissa. "Prosodic persistence in music performance and speech production." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1060192519

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