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Swedish word accents in a ‘confirmation’ context

Ambrazaitis, Gilbert LU (2007) Fonetik 2007 In TMH-QPSR 50(1). p.49-52
Abstract
An exploratory study on the prosodic signaling of ‘confirmation’ in Swedish is presented. Pairs of subjects read short dialogs, constructed around selected target words, in a conversational style. The target utterances were produced with a rising-falling intonation, lacking any typical ‘focal accent’ (FA). Qualitative observations and acoustic measurements reveal that the signaling of the word accent contrast appears to be, to a certain degree, optional in a confirmation context. The results support the view that no tonal target needs to be assumed for accent I, and further suggest that utterance-level prominence can be realized by other means than the FA.
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Lund model, prosody, intonation, word accent, focal accent, neutralization
host publication
Proceedings of Fonetik : Speech, Music and Hearing Quarterly Progress and Status Report (TMH-QPSR), 50(1) - Speech, Music and Hearing Quarterly Progress and Status Report (TMH-QPSR), 50(1)
series title
TMH-QPSR
editor
Granström, Björn ; Hjalmarsson, Anna ; House, David and Wik, Preben
volume
50
issue
1
pages
4 pages
publisher
Department of Speech, Music and Hearing, KTH, Stockholm
conference name
Fonetik 2007
conference location
Stockholm, Sweden
conference dates
2007-05-30 - 2007-06-01
ISSN
1104-5787
language
English
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yes
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http://www.speech.kth.se/prod/publications/files/qpsr/2007/2007_50_1_049-052.pdf
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  author       = {{Ambrazaitis, Gilbert}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of Fonetik : Speech, Music and Hearing Quarterly Progress and Status Report (TMH-QPSR), 50(1)}},
  editor       = {{Granström, Björn and Hjalmarsson, Anna and House, David and Wik, Preben}},
  issn         = {{1104-5787}},
  keywords     = {{Lund model; prosody; intonation; word accent; focal accent; neutralization}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{49--52}},
  publisher    = {{Department of Speech, Music and Hearing, KTH, Stockholm}},
  series       = {{TMH-QPSR}},
  title        = {{Swedish word accents in a ‘confirmation’ context}},
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  volume       = {{50}},
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