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An Acoustic Study on the Differences of Contrastive Emphasis Between Native and Non-Native Spanish Speakers.
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Kelm, Orlando R. – Hispania, 1987
Comparison of how English and Spanish speakers express contrastive emphasis revealed that, while English speakers used pitch and intensity, Spanish speakers used changes in syntax and lexicon as well as pitch and intensity in showing contrasts. (CB)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics