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Published in final edited form as: J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn. 2021 Feb 4;47(9):1494–1526. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000986

Table 2.

Acoustic Measures by Accent Type for Color and Shape Words Used in Continuation Sentences

Measure	Non-Contrastive	Contrastive	df	t	p

Critical sentence (color)
Stressed syllable
Intensity (dB)	35.33 (1.50)	38.30 (1.66)	58	−7.27	<.001^***
Duration (s)	0.15 (0.02)	0.18 (0.03)	58	−4.53	<.001^***
Maximum F₀ (Hz)	224.67 (26.17)	330.34 (53.79)	58	−9.68	<.001^***
F₀ difference (Hz)	28.41 (17.58)	96.46 (57.35)	58	−6.21	<.001^***
Mean F₀ (Hz)	208.53 (21.20)	275.08 (37.26)	58	−8.50	<.001^***
Entire word
Intensity (dB)	35.60 (1.82)	38.04 (1.90)	158	−8.31	<.001^***
Duration (s)	0.26 (0.05)	0.29 (0.06)	158	−4.08	<.001^***
Maximum F₀ (Hz)	315.45 (141.38)	357.81 (73.33)	158	−2.38	.02^*
F₀ difference (Hz)	122.35 (141.30)	146.52 (75.74)	158	−1.35	.18
Mean F₀ (Hz)	217.06 (21.61)	280.89 (21.34)	158	−18.80	<.001^***
Filler sentence (shape)
Stressed syllable
Intensity (dB)	37.37 (2.00)	39.16 (1.85)	58	−3.62	<.001^***
Duration (s)	0.20 (0.02)	0.24 (0.05)	58	−4.83	<.001^***
Maximum F₀ (Hz)	370.15 (170.52)	361.29 (117.67)	58	0.23	.82
F₀ difference (Hz)	177.81 (176.45)	124.05 (121.38)	58	1.37	.18
Mean F₀ (Hz)	235.48 (40.05)	278.40 (31.88)	58	−4.59	<.001^***
Entire word
Intensity (dB)	37.24 (1.98)	36.97 (1.81)	158	0.90	.37
Duration (s)	0.34 (0.07)	0.52 (0.09)	158	−13.90	<.001^***
Maximum F₀ (Hz)	383.11 (171.64)	435.82 (137.17)	158	−2.l5	.03^*
F₀ difference (Hz)	208.57 (172.45)	266.63 (147.95)	158	−2.29	.02^*
Mean F₀ (Hz)	226.09 (47.56)	261.82 (39.81)	158	−5.15	<.001^***

Note:

p < .05;

^***

p < .001