Single prosodic phrase sentences

A series of production and perception experiments investigating the prosody and well-formedness of special sentences, called Wide Focus Partial Fronting (WFPF), which consist of only one prosodic phrase and a unique initial accented argument, are reported on here. The results help us to decide between different models of German prosody. The absence of pitch height difference on the accent of the sentence speaks in favor of a relative model of prosody, in which accents are scaled relative to each other, and against models in which pitch accents are scaled in an absolute way. The results also speak for a model in which syntax, but not information structure, influences the prosodic phrasing. Finally, perception experiments show that the prosodic structure of sentences with a marked word order needs to be presented for grammaticality judgments. Presentation of written material only is not enough, and falsifies the results.

Metadaten
Verfasserangaben:	Caroline Féry, Heiner Drenhaus
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1112588
URL:	http://www.sfb632.uni-potsdam.de/publications/isis10_1fery.pdf
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Deutsch):	Interdisciplinary studies on information structure / Ishihara, S., S. Petrova, and A. Schwarz (eds.) ; Working Papers of the SFB 632, Interdisciplinary studies on information structure (ISIS) ; Vol. 10
Verlag:	Univ.-Verl.
Verlagsort:	Potsdam
Dokumentart:	Teil eines Buches (Kapitel)
Sprache:	Englisch
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online):	06.11.2008
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung:	2008
Veröffentlichende Institution:	Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Datum der Freischaltung:	06.11.2008
Freies Schlagwort / Tag:	experimental linguistics; prosody
Seitenzahl:	44
Erste Seite:	1
Letzte Seite:	44
Quelle:	Working Papers of the SFB632, Interdisciplinary Studies on Information Structure (ISIS), 10, 2008, S. 1-44 ; http://www.sfb632.uni-potsdam.de/publications/isis10_1fery.pdf
HeBIS-PPN:	208064265
DDC-Klassifikation:	4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
Sammlungen:	Linguistik
Lizenz (Deutsch):	Deutsches Urheberrecht

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