Emotional Prosody Processing for Non-Native English Speakers Towards

This volume provides the first systematic and data-driven exploration of English emotional prosody processing in the minds of non-native speakers of the language. Over the past few decades emotional prosody has attracted the interest of researchers from a

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Emotional Prosody Processing for Non-Native English Speakers Towards An Integrative Emotion Paradigm

The Bilingual Mind and Brain Book Series Volume 3

Series editors Roberto R. Heredia, Department of Psychology and Communication, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, USA Anna B. Cies´licka, Department of Psychology and Communication, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, USA

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13841

Halszka Ba˛k

Emotional Prosody Processing for Non-Native English Speakers Towards An Integrative Emotion Paradigm

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Halszka Ba˛k Faculty of English Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan´ Poland

The Bilingual Mind and Brain Book Series ISBN 978-3-319-44041-5 ISBN 978-3-319-44042-2  (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-44042-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016948096 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland

To my parents, Boz˙ena and Zenon

Acknowledgments

This work is my own, but as it consumed more and more of my attention and my time, it was the people around me who kept me focused, inspired, and sane enough to push it through to the end. I thank my Ph.D. supervisors, Profs. Roman Kopytko and Katarzyna Bromberek-Dyzman who showed endless patience and much-needed advice on all aspects of completing my Ph.D. dissertation upon which this book is based. Above all I thank them for the freedom they gave me in shaping my project and the trust they showed for my deliberate pacing of the empirical work and the writing process. I thank Prof. Kopytko for inspiring my mind to fly and Prof. Bromberek-Dyzman for tethering it not the stray beyond the boundaries of social acceptability. The integrative paradigm designed for this study would be impossible to create without the help and coop