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The laboratory task of synchronous speech is considered as an experimental analog of the ubiquitous phenomenon of choral speaking. We here consider some implications that arise if we regard two synchronous speakers as mutually entrained systems. Firstly, the degree of synchrony should be a function of the strength of coupling between speakers. Secondly, the entrainment would necessarily be vulnerable...
This paper reports an experimental investigation of the prosodic encoding of topic and focus in Mandarin by examining disyllabic subject nouns elicited in four discourse contexts. These subject nouns also varied in terms of their tonal composition as well as the length of their embedding sentences. The central questions addressed are how prosodic effects of topic and focus differ from each other and...
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