Sonia Frota

Prosody and Focus in European Portuguese

Phonological Phrasing and Intonation

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Produktbeschreibung

This work is an investigation of the relation between prosodic structure, intonational structure and (some instances of) focus realisation in European Portuguese (EP). The prosodic account has been developed within the relation-based framework of prosodic hierarchy theory and the autosegmental-metrical theory of intonational phonology. The approach is both theoretical and laboratory phonology research. Based on the analysis of various types of evidence (i.e. Gandhi processes, rhythmic, intentional and boundary strength phenomena), issues such as prosodic layering and the effect of branchingness and phrase length on prosodic phrasing are discussed. Specifically, I-recursion in the form of restricted Compound Prosodic Domains is argued for. Moreover, the fact that the diverse manifestations of prosodic structure point to the same hierarchical organization of the flow of speech into Fs and Is crucially assigns to the prosodic hierarchy a pivotal place in phrasal phonlogy. Attention is paid, furthermore, to aspects of intonational structure like tonal association and alignment, the characterization of leading and trailing tones, and pitch accents structure. It is argued that the HL accents of EP are 'real' bitonal events whose features favour a hierarchical-structured analysis of pitch accent structure. With regard to focus, it is shown that in EP focus is phonologically expressed by means of stress and accents effects and crucially not by means of phrasing effects. And crucially not by means of phrasing effects. Of particular importance is the selection of a special pitch accent to convey (early or late) focus, and the implications it has or the standard positional account of prominence and the stress reversal analysis of prominence patterns. Throughout the work, the EP findings, as well as the proposals set forth, are discussed from a cross-linguistic perspective, with special reference to languages like English, Dutch, German, different varieties of Italian, and Bengali. Also relevant to a general understanding of the prosodic reflexes of focus are languages like Hungarian, Korean, Basque and Wolof.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 458
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 483g
• ISBN-13: 9781138984011
• ISBN-10: 1138984019
• Artikelnr.: 57049569

Autorenporträt

Sonia Frota

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Introduction
Prosodic Phonology
Intonational Phonology
Prosodic and Intonational Structure
Focus
Work on the Intonation of EP
Work on the Prosodic Structure of EP
A Note on Laboratory Phonology Research
Outline of this study
Chapter 2: On Sandhi
Introduction
The Experiment
Results and Discussion
Conclusions and Theoretical Consequences: the EP facts and the Prosodic Hierarchy
Chapter 3: On Clashes
Introduction
The Experiment
Results and Discussion
Conclusions and Final Discussion
Chapter 4: On Boundary Strength
Introduction
Results and Discussion
Final Conclusions and Consequences: on the Status of the f and I in EP
Chapter 5:On Intonation and Prosodic Phrasing
Introduction
Declaration Intonation
Neutral, Focus and Topic Utterances: a Final Production Experiment
Intonational Structure
An Integrated View: Intonation and Prosodic Phrasing (concluding remarks)
Chapter 6: On the Perception of Focus: An Experiment
Introduction
Background and Predictions
The Experiment
Speech Materials
Results and Discussion
Conclusions and Final Discussion
Chapter 7: Conclusion and Further Issues
Summary
Directions of Future Research
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.