How does intonation reveal bias in polar questions?

18 December 2025 par Claudia Pichon-Starke
Riccardo Orrico, Cristel Portes and Mariapaola D'Imperio have just published a chapter in "Biased questions: Experimental results and theoretical modelling"..

We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest study by Riccardo Orrico (Radboud University, Nijmegen), Cristel Portes and Mariapaola D'Imperio (LPL/amU) in the book Biased questions: Experimental results and theoretical modelling (language science press):

Reference: Orrico, R., Portes, C. & D'Imperio, M. (2025). The contribution of intonation in the conveyance of question bias. In Krifka, M, Trin, T., Kazuko, T., Yatsushiro, K. & Benz, A. (Eds.). Biased Questions: Experimental Results and Theoretical Modelling. Language Science Press, pp. 73-100.

Full text chapter (chap. 3): https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/487