Beckman Institute and Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of RochesterDepartment of Linguistics, University of Rochester.
Cogn Sci. 2008 Oct;32(7):1232-44. doi: 10.1080/03640210802138755.
Although the presence or absence of a pitch accent clearly can play an important role in signaling the discourse and information structure of an utterance, whether the form of an accent determines the type of information it conveys is more controversial. We used an eye-tracking paradigm to investigate whether H*, which has been argued to signal new information, evokes different eye fixations than L+H*, which has been argued to signal the presence of contrast. Our results demonstrate that although listeners interpret these accents differently, their interpretive domains overlap. L+H* creates a strong bias toward contrast referents whereas H* is compatible with both new and contrast referents.
虽然重音的有无显然可以在话语和信息结构中起到重要的信号作用，但重音的形式是否决定其所传达的信息类型仍存在争议。我们使用眼动追踪范式来研究 H*（被认为可以标记新信息）是否与 L+H*（被认为可以标记对比信息）产生不同的眼动注视。我们的结果表明，尽管听者对这些重音的解释不同，但它们的解释域有重叠。L+H强烈倾向于产生对比的指称对象，而 H则与新信息和对比信息都兼容。
