Understanding prosody : the role of context, function and communication / edited by Oliver Niebuhr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Niebuhr, Oliver.

Series:

Language, Context and Cognition

Language, context, and cognition, 1866-8313 ; v. 13

Language, Context and Cognition ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prosodic analysis (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The volume represents a state-of-the-art snapshot of the research on prosody for phoneticians, linguists and speech technologists. It covers well-known models and languages. How are prosodies linked to speech sounds? What are the relations between prosody and grammar? What does speech perception tell us about prosody, particularly about the constituting elements of intonation and rhythm? The papers of the volume address questions like these with a special focus on how the notion of context-based coding, the knowledge of prosodic functions and the communicative embedding of prosodic elemen

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Intrinsic coherence of prosodic and segmental aspects of speech / Xu, Yi / Liu, Fang

Danish stød - Towards simpler structural principles? / Grønnum, Nina / Basbøll, Hans

Prosodic allomorphs in the Estonian declension system / Lehiste, Ilse

The application of the Fujisaki model in quantitative prosody research / Mixdorff, Hansjörg

Rhythm classes and speech perception / Arvaniti, Amalia

On the nature of perceptual differences between accentual peaks and plateaux / Barnes, Jonathan / Brugos, Alejna / Shattuck-Hufnagel, Stefanie / Veilleux, Nanette

Regional varieties of Swedish: Models and synthesis / Schötz, Susanne / Bruce, Gösta / Beskow, Jonas / Gustafson, Joakim / Granström, Björn / Segerup, My

Revisiting Southern and Central Swedish intonation from a comparative and functional perspective / Ambrazaitis, Gilbert / Frid, Johan / Bruce, Gösta

Late pitch accents in hat and dip intonation patterns / Niebuhr, Oliver / Zellers, Margaret K.

Perceptual evidence for contrast enhancement in tone-intonation interaction / Werth, Alexander

Prosodies in conversation / Ogden, Richard

Meter specific timing and prominence in German poetry and prose / Wagner, Petra

Perceptual isochrony and fluency in speech by normal talkers under varying task demands / Dilley, Laura C. / Wallace, Jessica / Heffner, Christopher C.

Fine phonetic detail in prosody. Cross-language differences need not inhibit communication / Andreeva, Bistra / Barry, William J.

Now for something completely different: Anticipatory effects of intonation / Braun, Bettina / Chen, Aoju

Short portraits of the authors

Author index

Subject index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783110301465

3110301466

9783110301472

3110301474

OCLC:

826444480