This is an accessible introduction to the prosody of everyday conversation, and its analysis. Basic concepts and methods of interpretation are explained, and a wealth of examples from naturally-occurring talk are used to demonstratethe roles of pitch, time, loudness and voice qu…
Tench provides an introduction to the current state of functional linguistics studies in the intonation of English. Intended not only for students of linguistics and English language, the book also contains information ideal for consideration by language teachers, speech therapi…
This thesis is a description of the prosodic patterns in Jaminjung, a language spoken in the Victoria River District in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is a quantitative and qualitative examination of the features associated with the intonational phenomena in Jaminjung. …
Se realiza un estudio de la entonación y del acento de cinco variedades del español: canario, cubano, venezolano, colombiano y texano de San Antonio. Los resultados son novedosos porque muestran las relaciones de proximidad y distancia prosódica desde tres perspectivas: la del e…
Se realiza un estudio de la entonación y del acento de cinco variedades del español: canario, cubano, venezolano, colombiano y texano de San Antonio. Los resultados son novedosos porque muestran las relaciones de proximidad y distancia prosódica desde tres perspectivas: la del e…
Se realiza un estudio de la entonación y del acento de cinco variedades del español: canario, cubano, venezolano, colombiano y texano de San Antonio. Los resultados son novedosos porque muestran las relaciones de proximidad y distancia prosódica desde tres perspectivas: la del e…
This thesis presents new data in Turkish concerning phrasing and accent representation, question particle placement, and scope-sensitive prosodic phrasing. The issues at hand are discussed and analyzed within the perspective of minimalist assumptions to syntax and the interfaces…
This is a psychoacoustic study investigating experimentally the role of intonation as indicative of the human phenomenon of emotion in both Arabic and English. It studies both the acoustic properties of emotion in speech and their impact on intonational contours. Utterances repr…
Cet ouvrage se présente comme un ensemble d'essais sur les systèmes prosodiques du français actuel. S'inscrivant dans une triple perspective: historique, épistémologique et descriptive, il contient une somme de connaissances inédites sur les caractéristiques formelles et fonctio…
