Effect of Prosody on Disambiguation: A Case of Universal Quantifier and Negation

This study is concerned with L2 Japanese learners’ interpretation of scopally ambiguous sentences containing negation and universal quantifier using prosodic cues. It has been argued, in previous literature, that native adult speakers of English as well as Japanese interpret such sentences both on t...

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Main Authors: Priya Ananth, Masaaki Kamiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Silesia Press 2015-12-01
Series:Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition
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Online Access:https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/TAPSLA/article/view/5113