Rhythms of Speech and Language: Physiology, Cognition, Culture

doi:10.1017/9781009295888

This book showcases the current state of the art of research on rhythm in speech and language. Decades of study have revealed that bodily rhythms are crucial for producing and understanding speech and language, and for understanding their evolution and variability across populations-not only adults, but also developmental and clinical populations. It is also clear that there is perplexing dimensionality and variability of rhythm within and across languages. This book offers the scientific foundation for harmonizing physiological universality and cultural diversity, fostering collaborative breakthroughs across research domains. Its fifty chapters cover physiology, cognition, and culture, presenting knowledge from neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, phonetics, and communication research. Ideal for academics, researchers, and professionals seeking interdisciplinary insights into the essence of human communication. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

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Contents

Rhythms of Speech and Language
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Rhythms of Speech and Language - Title page
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Physiology, Cognition, Culture
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Copyright page
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Contents
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Contributors
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Preface
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- By Lars Meyer, Antje Strauß
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Acknowledgements
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Section 1 - The Physiology of Rhythm
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1 - Body-Grounded Speech Rhythm: Ubiquitous Interactions between Speech, Breathing, and Limb Movements
pp 3-20
- By Hélène Serré, Amélie Rochet-Capellan
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2 - Jaw-Opening Patterns and Their Correspondence with Syllable Stress Patterns
pp 21-43
- By Donna Erickson, Malin Svensson Lundmark, Ting Huang
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3 - Region-Specific Endogenous Brain Rhythms and Their Role for Speech and Language
pp 44-64
- By Johanna M. Rimmele, Anne Keitel
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4 - The Sensorimotor Account of Multimodal Prosody
pp 65-83
- By Jacob P. Momsen, Seana Coulson
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5 - Evaluating Neural Tracking of Rhythmic Information in Speech: Some Caveats and Challenges
pp 84-102
- By Véronique Boulenger
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6 - Speech Rhythm in the Perception–Action Cycle
pp 103-114
- By Laura Verga, Sonja A. Kotz, Michael Schwartze
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7 - A Road to a Better Understanding of Rhythms in Speech Using a Comparative Approach
pp 115-128
- By Lara S. Burchardt, Susanne Fuchs
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Section 2 - Acoustic and Sublexical Rhythms
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8 - A Polychromatic Portrait of Speech Rhythm
pp 131-146
- By Steven Greenberg
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9 - Rhythms of Phones, Syllables, and Words in Connected Speech
pp 147-157
- By Yuran Zhang, Jiajie Zou, Nai Ding
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10 - Linguistic Factors Affecting Amplitude Modulation Spectra
pp 158-170
- By Bettina Braun
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11 - The P-Center Effect and the Domain of Beat Perception in Speech
pp 171-182
- By Tamara Rathcke
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12 - Adaptive Pacing in Word Segmentation and the Vowel-Onset-Paced Syllable Inference Model
pp 183-213
- By Ben Pittman-Polletta, Laura Dilley
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13 - Beyond Acoustics: Capacity Limitations of Linguistic Levels
pp 214-229
- By Jérémy Giroud, Benjamin Morillon
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14 - Rhythm Is a Timescale
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- By Aviad Albert, Martine Grice
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Section 3 - Rhythm in Prosody and at the Prosody–Syntax Interface
pp 253-402
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15 - Intonation Units: Prosodic Regularity in Spontaneous Speech as a Window onto Cognitive Dynamics
pp 255-273
- By Maya Inbar, Eitan Grossman, Ayelet N. Landau
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16 - Phrasal Rhythmicity and the Sources of Temporal Intermittency in Speech
pp 274-295
- By Sam Tilsen
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17 - Prosody versus Syntax, or Prosody and Syntax? Evaluating Accounts of Delta-Band Tracking
pp 296-315
- By Cas W. Coopmans, Andrea E. Martin
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18 - Cognitive and Neural Constraints on Timing and Rhythm in Language
pp 316-331
- By Lena Henke, Eleonora Beier, Mikael Roll, Lars Meyer
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19 - Shaping Rhythm to Keep Balance: The Structural Implications of Temporal Modulation
pp 332-354
- By Nino Grillo, Andrea Santi, Giuseppina Turco
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20 - The Hierarchical Temporal Structure of Prosody
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- By Christopher T. Kello
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