Déclaration ou question ?
This exploratory study examined the perception of interrogative and declarative intonation by foreigners learning French. Sentences with three syntactic/lexical difficulty levels were recorded twice by two native speakers of French, once with a declarative intonation and once with an interrogative i...
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Publications de l’Université de Provence
2008-06-01
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| Series: | TIPA. Travaux interdisciplinaires sur la parole et le langage |
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| author | Martine Faraco Christian Cavé |
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| description | This exploratory study examined the perception of interrogative and declarative intonation by foreigners learning French. Sentences with three syntactic/lexical difficulty levels were recorded twice by two native speakers of French, once with a declarative intonation and once with an interrogative intonation. The sentences were presented auditorily to learners of different French proficiency levels and to native French speakers. The participants’ task was to decide whether each sentence heard was a statement or a question. Responses and response times were recorded. The results showed that for all listeners, interrogative sentences were identified 100 ms faster on average than declarative sentences, and simple sentences were processed faster than difficult ones. Like the native speakers, the learners were able to distinguish the two types of intonation. However, there were some clear-cut differences in response time between learners and native speakers, and between learners of different French proficiency levels. Among the non-native speakers, more-proficient learners responded significantly faster than less-proficient ones did. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-79010e6ed3b742b2b087bebbae5651612022-12-21T23:58:34ZengPublications de l’Université de ProvenceTIPA. Travaux interdisciplinaires sur la parole et le langage2264-70822008-06-0127637310.4000/tipa.291Déclaration ou question ?Martine FaracoChristian CavéThis exploratory study examined the perception of interrogative and declarative intonation by foreigners learning French. Sentences with three syntactic/lexical difficulty levels were recorded twice by two native speakers of French, once with a declarative intonation and once with an interrogative intonation. The sentences were presented auditorily to learners of different French proficiency levels and to native French speakers. The participants’ task was to decide whether each sentence heard was a statement or a question. Responses and response times were recorded. The results showed that for all listeners, interrogative sentences were identified 100 ms faster on average than declarative sentences, and simple sentences were processed faster than difficult ones. Like the native speakers, the learners were able to distinguish the two types of intonation. However, there were some clear-cut differences in response time between learners and native speakers, and between learners of different French proficiency levels. Among the non-native speakers, more-proficient learners responded significantly faster than less-proficient ones did.http://journals.openedition.org/tipa/291perception of the intonationsyntactical and lexical skillsnon-native speakers vs native speakers |
| spellingShingle | Martine Faraco Christian Cavé Déclaration ou question ? TIPA. Travaux interdisciplinaires sur la parole et le langage perception of the intonation syntactical and lexical skills non-native speakers vs native speakers |
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| title_short | Déclaration ou question ? |
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| topic | perception of the intonation syntactical and lexical skills non-native speakers vs native speakers |
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