How focus and givenness shape prosody
Féry, Caroline and Ishihara, Shinichiro LU
(2009)
p.36-63
- Abstract
Caroline Féry and Shinichiro Ishihara proposes a model of how syntax and information structure (focus and givenness) shape prosody where prosodic phrasing and tonal effects are kept apart. It is argued that the prosodic effects of syntactic structure and those of information structure should be kept apart. It is shown that in German and Japanese, syntactic structure primarily influences prosodic phrasing, which we assume to be recursive. Information structure, on the other hand, influences tonal structure, keeping phrasing intact. In a comparison between the two languages, it becomes apparent that prosodic domains corresponding to focus and givenness domains are subject to tonal readjustments. A further point made in the chapter is that... (More)
Caroline Féry and Shinichiro Ishihara proposes a model of how syntax and information structure (focus and givenness) shape prosody where prosodic phrasing and tonal effects are kept apart. It is argued that the prosodic effects of syntactic structure and those of information structure should be kept apart. It is shown that in German and Japanese, syntactic structure primarily influences prosodic phrasing, which we assume to be recursive. Information structure, on the other hand, influences tonal structure, keeping phrasing intact. In a comparison between the two languages, it becomes apparent that prosodic domains corresponding to focus and givenness domains are subject to tonal readjustments. A further point made in the chapter is that the amount of downstep and reset of register domains is language-dependent.
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- author
- Féry, Caroline
and Ishihara, Shinichiro
LU
- publishing date
- 2009
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Focus, Givenness, Phrasing, Prosody, Register
- host publication
- Information Structure : Theoretical, Typological, and Experimental Perspectives - Theoretical, Typological, and Experimental Perspectives
- editor
- Zimmerman, Malte and Féry, Caroline
- pages
- 36 - 63
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:84919841273
- ISBN
- 9780199570959
- 9780191721786
- DOI
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199570959.003.0003
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- 4138952c-22d6-4948-b82c-66e44d5cde5a
- date added to LUP
- 2019-03-07 22:12:37
- date last changed
- 2024-06-25 07:57:52
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author = {{Féry, Caroline and Ishihara, Shinichiro}},
booktitle = {{Information Structure : Theoretical, Typological, and Experimental Perspectives}},
editor = {{Zimmerman, Malte and Féry, Caroline}},
isbn = {{9780199570959}},
keywords = {{Focus; Givenness; Phrasing; Prosody; Register}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{36--63}},
publisher = {{Oxford University Press}},
title = {{How focus and givenness shape prosody}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199570959.003.0003}},
doi = {{10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199570959.003.0003}},
year = {{2009}},
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