Prosodic Variation (with)in Languages : Intonation, Phrasing and Segments / edited by Marisa Cruz and Sónia Frota.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cruz, Marisa, editor.

Frota, Sonia, editor.

Series:

Studies in phonetics and phonology.

Studies in Phonetics and Phonology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation--Congresses.

Language and languages.

Prosodic analysis (Linguistics)--Congresses.

Prosodic analysis (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : University of Toronto Press, 2022.

Summary:

"This volume focuses on research on prosodic variation, comprising intonation, prosodic phrasing, and segmental phenomena that are prosodically motivated or constrained, in several languages and language varieties"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Marisa Cruz & Sónia Frota

Intonation. Text-tune alignment in Tunisian Arabic yes-no questions / Sam Hellmuth

Asking questions across Portuguese varieties / Marisa Cruz, Verònica Crespo-Sendra, Joelma Castelo & Sónia Frota

High pre-tonic falls in Northeastern Brazilian varieties: may a prenuclear high target spreading rightward re-categorize as a nuclear leading tone? / Marco Barone & Joelma Castelo

From ToBI phonological events to functional melodic forms at the communicative level / Doina Jitca

Prosodic phrasing and segments. Prosody of contrastive focus in two varieties of Assamese / Asim. I. Twaha & Shakuntala Mahanta

Intonational phrasing and nuclear configurations of SVO sentences across varieties of Portuguese / Flaviane Fernandes-Svartman, Nádia Barros, Vinícius dos Santos & Joelma Castelo

Hiatus resolution across words in European Portuguese dialects / Nuno Paulino, Pedro Oliveira & Marina Vigário.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781800501478

1800501471

9781800501751

1800501757

OCLC:

1290245459