APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Children’s Decoding of Context Specific Prosody in Four Languages
- Weiyi Ma
University of Arkansas - Agnes Amfo-Adu
University of Arkansas - Mauricio Villasenor
University of Arkansas - Lila Mays
University of Arkansas - Audrey Kim
University of Arkansas
Abstract
This study examined whether 3- to 5-year-olds can distinguish between a success and a failure event by relying on prosody. Results showed that 3- to 5-year-olds can use context specific prosody to interpret a categorical meaning (success, failure), and the ability to interpret prosody appears independent from word meaning comprehension.
Communication
