Re: sentence data base

Hi Robert,

Apologies if you’ve received a response already, but you might like to try this paper:

Kim, D., Stephens, J. D. W., & Pitt, M. A. (2012). How does context play a part in splitting words apart? Production and perception of word boundaries in casual speech. Journal of Memory and Language, 66(4), 509–529. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2011.12.007

There’s a PDF here – see Appendix A: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480226/pdf/nihms345290.pdf

Kind regards,

Greg

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From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Zatorre
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Subject: sentence data base

Dear colleagues

A few years ago a student in my lab used some sentences that he got from a paper somewhere (psych or psycholinguistics journal I think). The student is long gone and I'd like to figure out where he got them from. Google did not help but I wondered if any of you by chance might recognize them. They are a bit odd, but well-structured gramatically etc. Does anyone know where they might have come from? Here are a few of the more distinctive ones (there were several dozen in the original study). Any clues would be welcome!

o On the church tower there was a cross that looked golden
The little girl had a cute collection of dolls
The hallway leads to a door at the end
The lawyer should know what a fair deal would be
That’s more teeth than I thought a mouth could have
These black squares belong to a line that runs vertically
The tired gladiators were entitled to a rest that day
The minister told us that the tax low had changed

Thanks in advance

Robert

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