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Two experiments were carried out in order to test the hypothesis that words with higher informational load are more prominent than others, i.e., they are realized with a focal accent. In a prediction test, subjects had to mark the words in a written text which they would presumably realize with a focal accent. In a perception test, using the same text material as before, but now with spontaneous speech, the same subjects had to mark the words which they perceived with focal accents. Results show that prediction and actual realization of the focal accents differ in several respects. Additionally, acoustic measurements showed clear correlations between subject judgements and acoustical salience of marked words for the perception test.
Bibliographic reference. Elsner, Anja (1999): "Prediction and perception of focal accents", In ICPhS-14, 1549-1552.