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Scott, Donia R.; Cutler, Anne – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
In a comparative study of American English speakers and British English speakers, it was examined whether segmental effects can be used in speech production as cues to syntactic structure. American speakers could use the segmental cues in syntax perception, while British speakers could not. Speakers of British English who were long-term residents…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Comparative Analysis, Dialect Studies, Language Research
