L'intonation montante en français spontané : Continuation vs. Question
(2013) SPVR01 20131Master's Programme: Language and Linguistics
- Abstract
- Continuation statements and polar questions in conversational French are typically both produced with final rising intonation. This study shows that several pitch, duration, and intensity cues can distinguish the two utterance types over chance level. Nevertheless, we see a lot of phonetic overlap between the two. Rather than assuming two distinct rising intonation contour types for French, we propose that the variation in phonetic detail relates to interactional factors (e.g., turn-taking and speech-act type).
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- author
- Valtersson, Emma LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Rising intonation in spontaneous French: Continuation vs. Question
- course
- SPVR01 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- spontaneous conversation, French, polar questions, question intonation, rising intonation
- language
- French
- id
- 7751706
- date added to LUP
- 2015-09-15 08:54:37
- date last changed
- 2015-09-15 08:54:37
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