Functions of word order and intonation in information structuring in Puyuma
(2012) 6th International Conference on Speech Prosody p.123-126- Abstract
- This paper presents the first results of analyzing the functions of intonation and word order in Puyuma. Puyuma is an endangered Austronesian language spoken in Taiwan. As other languages of this branch, Puyuma is verb initial and displays variations in word order, so that VOS, SVO and VSO are attested. The aim of our study is to explain these word variations. We investigate the connection between information structure, word order and intonation in three Formosan languages: Puyuma, Seediq and Bunun. We show that in Puyuma information structure is reflected in word order while the main function of intonation is to cue phrasing. The study is performed on semi-spontaneous speech.
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- author
- Karlsson, Anastasia LU and Holmer, Arthur LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2012
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- intonation, word order, information structure, phrasing, Puyuma
- host publication
- Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Speech Prosody, Vols I and II
- pages
- 123 - 126
- publisher
- Tongji Univ Press
- conference name
- 6th International Conference on Speech Prosody
- conference dates
- 2012-05-22 - 2012-05-25
- external identifiers
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- wos:000325160200031
- scopus:84902988161
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Linguistics and Phonetics (015010003)
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- 332afc82-ebf5-43ba-ac97-9a0ac8f25280 (old id 4197870)
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