Prosody: Theory and Experiment

2013-03-14
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
Prosody: Theory and Experiment

Author: M. Horne

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9789401594134

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 358

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This volume deals with a wide range of topics including the representation of tones and intonation, evidence for and constraints on prosodic phrasing, prosodic boundary detection, articulatory dynamics of stress, timing in speech, and prosodic correlates of speaking style, as well as the perception of prosodic prominence. The book offers investigators in all areas of speech communication a comprehensive and coherent presentation of contemporary prosodic research.

Experimental Studies in Word and Sentence Prosody

2007-01-01
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
Experimental Studies in Word and Sentence Prosody

Author: Carlos Gussenhoven

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

ISBN: 9783110207576

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 429

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This volume presents 14 experimental studies of lexical tone and intonation in a wide variety of languages. Six papers deal with the discriminability or the function of intonation contours and lexical tones in specific languages, as established on the basis of listener responses, as well as with brain activation patterns resulting from the perception of tonal and intonational stimuli. The remaining eight papers report on detailed phonetic findings on a variety of tonal phenomena in a number of languages, including declination in tone languages, final lowering, consonant-tone interactions and pitch target alignment.

Prosodic Theory and Practice

2022-02-08
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
Prosodic Theory and Practice

Author: Jonathan Barnes

Publisher: MIT Press

ISBN: 9780262543187

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 464

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An introduction to the the range of current theoretical approaches to the prosody of spoken utterances, with practical applications of those theories. Prosody is an extremely dynamic field, with a rapid pace of theoretical development and a steady expansion of its influence beyond linguistics into such areas as cognitive psychology, neuroscience, computer science, speech technology, and even the medical profession. This book provides a set of concise and accessible introductions to each major theoretical approach to prosody, describing its structure and implementation and its central goals and assumptions as well as its strengths and weaknesses. Most surveys of basic questions in prosody are written from the perspective of a single theoretical framework. This volume offers the only summary of the full range of current theoretical approaches, with practical applications of each theory and critical commentary on selected chapters. The current abundance of theoretical approaches has sometimes led to apparent conflicts that may stem more from terminological differences, or from differing notions of what theories of prosody are meant to achieve, than from actual conceptual disagreement. This volume confronts this pervasive problem head on, by having each chapter address a common set of questions on phonology, meaning, phonetics, typology, psychological status, and transcription. Commentary is added as counterpoint to some chapters, with responses by the chapter authors, giving a taste of current debate in the field. Contributors Amalia Arvaniti, Jonathan Barnes, Mara Breen, Laura C. Dilley, Grzegorz Dogil, Martine Grice, Nina Grønnum, Daniel Hirst, Sun-Ah Jun, Jelena Krivokapić, D. Robert Ladd, Fang Liu, Piet Mertens, Bernd Möbius, Gregor Möhler, Oliver Niebuhr, Francis Nolan, Janet B. Pierrehumbert, Santitham Prom-on, Antje Schweitzer, Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel, A. E. Turk, Yi Xu

Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Prosody

2012-11-12
 |  Psychology
Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Prosody

Author: Duane G. Watson

Publisher: Psychology Press

ISBN: 9781135848873

Category: Psychology

Page: 401

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Prosody is the rhythm, stress and intonation of speech, which encodes information that is not encoded by the syntax or words of an utterance. Prosody is critical for parsing speech, constructing syntactic structure, and building a representation of the conversational discourse model, among other linguistic functions. In 2008, researchers from linguistics, psychology and computer science gathered at the inaugural meeting of the conference on Experimental and Theoretical Approaches to Prosody at Cornell University. The papers in this volume represent the cutting edge of the prosody work presented at that conference. The articles in this special issue tackle a number of key questions: What type of information about syntax, semantics, and context is reflected in prosody and intonation? How much of that information can a listener retrieve from the signal? How does this information facilitate language processing in online conversations? How can this information be used to parse corpora, and how can corpora be used to test theories on prosody?

Prosody and Meaning

2013-01-01
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
Prosody and Meaning

Author: Gorka Elordieta

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

ISBN: 9783110261790

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 388

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Based on the Workshop on Prosody and Meaning in Barcelona on September 17-18, 2009, this volume brings together researchers working on issues of the prosodic encoding and expression of sentence-level meaning. The contributions to the book result from a vivid exchange of research ideas and research methodologies on issues related to the relationship between prosody and meaning and from stimulating discussions and collaborative work between researchers coming from different perspectives.

The Oxford Handbook of Language Prosody

2021-01-07
 |  Computers
The Oxford Handbook of Language Prosody

Author: Carlos Gussenhoven

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 9780198832232

Category: Computers

Page: 957

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This handbook presents detailed accounts of current research in all aspects of language prosody, written by leading experts from different disciplines. The volume's comprehensive coverage and multidisciplinary approach will make it an invaluable resource for all researchers, students, and practitioners interested in prosody.

Explicit and Implicit Prosody in Sentence Processing

2015-06-23
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
Explicit and Implicit Prosody in Sentence Processing

Author: Lyn Frazier

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 9783319129617

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 307

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Top researchers in prosody and psycholinguistics present their research and their views on the role of prosody in processing speech and also its role in reading. The volume characterizes the state of the art in an important area of psycholinguistics. How are general constraints on prosody (‘timing’) and intonation (‘melody’) used to constrain the parsing and interpretation of spoken language? How are they used to assign a default prosody/intonation in silent reading, and more generally what is the role of phonology in reading? Prosody and intonation interact with phonology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics and thus are at the very core of language processes.

Where Prosody Meets Pragmatics

2012-11-02
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
Where Prosody Meets Pragmatics

Author: Dagmar Barth-Weingarten

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9789004253223

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 314

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Demonstrates the synergies that can result from interdisciplinary collaboration. This book examines prosodic cues to referential and discourse/textual meaning. It covers the role played by prosody in the negotiation of speaker change in conversational interaction.

Typological Studies in Word and Sentence Prosody

2007-01-01
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
Typological Studies in Word and Sentence Prosody

Author: Tomas Riad

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

ISBN: 9783110207569

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 399

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Despite the recent advances in the integration of lexical tone and intonation in phonological theory, all too often the study of intonation and the study of lexical tone are viewed as belonging to different research traditions. This collection strengthens the integrated approach by studying tone and intonation within a common framework, and by tracing their interaction in specific prosodic systems. Some papers deal with the structural properties of lexical tone and intonation, while others focus on the historical development of prosodic systems. The volume also includes a re-evaluation of a classic paper on the typology of tone rules, and a survey of features signalling question intonation in African languages.

Parallelism and Prosody in the Processing of Ellipsis Sentences

2013-12-16
 |  Language Arts & Disciplines
Parallelism and Prosody in the Processing of Ellipsis Sentences

Author: Katy Carlson

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781136722882

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 244

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First Published in 2002. This volume is part of the 'Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics' series. This book investigates the processing of ellipsis sentences, focusing on the following questions: (i) are ellipsis sentences processed using special routines employed only for ellipsis or are they processed using the same principles needed for unelided sentences? (ii) does parallelism influence sentence processing? if so, what kinds of similarities matter?

Tones and Tunes: Typological studies in word and sentence prosody

2007
 |  Intonation (Phonetics).
Tones and Tunes: Typological studies in word and sentence prosody

Author: Tomas Riad

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

ISBN: 3110190575

Category: Intonation (Phonetics).

Page: 408

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Phonology and Phonetics have had a tumultuous, if not always unequivocal, relationship in the past. This relationship between natural partners is now being invigorated from both sides and novel research techniques and methodologies are fostering new interdisciplinary questions. Consequently, a major issue today is whether it is necessary to draw a line between phonology and phonetics at all. This series aims to stabilize and strengthen the rapport and, by facing the big challenges, to ensure that phonetically grounded phonology and phonologically informed phonetics will have a sound future. The series is intended as a forum for the interaction of phonology and phonetics within linguistics. It welcomes joint phonological-phonetic ventures as well as initiatives from either discipline, as long as they are made with a view of the other. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher.