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Phrase-level and edge marking in Drehu
This study investigates prosodic correlates of phrasing in Drehu, an Oceanic language from New Caledonia. The analysis is concerned with the demarcation of prosodic levels in the language, namely the Accentual Phrase and the Intonation Phrase.
Catalina Torres, Janet Fletcher
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Intonation in neurogenic foreign accent syndrome [PDF]
Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a motor speech disorder in which changes to segmental as well as suprasegmental aspects lead to the perception of a foreign accent in speech. This paper focuses on one suprasegmental aspect, namely that of intonation.
Miller, Nick +7 more
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Projective vs. interpretational properties of nuclear accents and the phonology of contrastive focus in Greek [PDF]
Georgakopoulos T, Skopeteas S. Projective vs. interpretational properties of nuclear accents and the phonology of contrastive focus in Greek. Linguistic Review. 2010;27(3):319-346.Nuclear accents have two interesting properties.
Georgakopoulos, Thanasis +4 more
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The phonological status of initial peaks in European Portuguese
This paper investigates the phonology of initial peaks in European Portuguese intonation. Evidence is presented for two types of peaks: an accentual peak, that is consistently aligned relative to the first stressed syllable; and a phrasal peak, that is ...
Sónia Frota
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Characterizing intonation deficit in motor speech disorders : an autosegmental-metrical analysis of spontaneous speech in hypokinetic dysarthria, ataxic dysarthria and foreign accent syndrome [PDF]
The autosegmental-metrical (AM) framework represents an established methodology for intonational analysis in unimpaired speaker populations but has found little application in describing intonation in motor speech disorders (MSDs).
Lowit, Anja +3 more
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The manifestation of intonational focus in Castilian Spanish
In this paper we study the phonological manifestation of various intonational focus domains in Castilian Spanish. We propose that downstep is one of the intonational signallers of focus in this language.
Mercedes Cabrera Abreu +1 more
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Attitudinal Function of Intonation in the Discourse of Theresa May on the Brexit
This treatise is a critical study (within the domain of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to the attitudinal functions of intonation elicited in the Discourse of Theresa May on the "Brexit". ".
Dr. Ali Abdulhameed Faris +1 more
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Notions and subnotions in information structure [PDF]
Three dimensions can be distinguished in a cross-linguistic account of information structure. First, there is the definition of the focus constituent, the part of the linguistic expression which is subject to some focus meaning.
Gussenhoven, C., Gussenhoven, Carlos
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Reading is a highly complex cognitive process. From a neurobiological point of view, it involves at least six linguistic sub-competences including orthographic, semantic, syntactic, phonetic and prosodic competence.
Gianluca Cosentino
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Tone is a distinctive feature of the lexemes in tone languages. The information-structural category focus is usually marked by syntactic and morphological means in these languages, but sometimes also by intonation strategies.
Hartmann, Katharina
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