Overview
Variations in speech melody (intonation) can be used to express different meanings (e.g. question vs. statement, friendliness). Yet, intonational information is hardly used in present-day linguistic models. When intonational information is used, it is mostly based on introspection rather than on empirical investigation; almost exclusively, a one-to-one relation between accent types and semantic function is assumed. This book focuses on an empirical investigation of thematic contrast in German. Thematic contrast has received considerable attention in semantics because sentences with contrastive themes can be used to imply propositions of various kinds without saying them explicitly. In this book, first an acoustic comparison between sentences produced in contrastive and non-contrastive contexts is described. Intonational realisation is quantified in terms of the height and position of tonal targets. The perceptual reality of different productions and the relevance of different acoustic cues are tested by means of rating experiments. Finally, the data are prosodically annotated by a group of linguists to explore the validity and explanatory power of different accent categories for contrastive and non-contrastive themes in German.
Full Product Details
Author: Bettina Braun ,
Graeme Davis ,
Karl A Bernhardt
Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
Imprint: Verlag Peter Lang
Edition: Annotated edition
Volume: 9
Weight: 0.390kg
ISBN: 9783039105663
ISBN 10: 3039105663
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 26 October 2005
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Die Arbeit von Bettina Braun stellt einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Phonetik und Phonologie des Akzents im Deutschen dar. (Alexander Werth, Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik)
-Die Arbeit von Bettina Braun stellt einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Phonetik und Phonologie des Akzents im Deutschen dar.- (Alexander Werth, Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik)
Die Arbeit von Bettina Braun stellt einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Phonetik und Phonologie des Akzents im Deutschen dar. (Alexander Werth, Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik) «Die Arbeit von Bettina Braun stellt einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Phonetik und Phonologie des Akzents im Deutschen dar.» (Alexander Werth, Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik)
-Die Arbeit von Bettina Braun stellt einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Phonetik und Phonologie des Akzents im Deutschen dar.- (Alexander Werth, Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik) Die Arbeit von Bettina Braun stellt einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Phonetik und Phonologie des Akzents im Deutschen dar. (Alexander Werth, Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik)
Author Information
The Author: Bettina Braun studied Phonetics/Phonology and Computational Linguistics at Saarland University (Germany), the University of Edinburgh (UK), and Tohoku University (Japan). She pursued her Ph.D. in the International Research Training Group 'Language Technology and Cognitive Systems' supported by the German Research Council (DFG). After a post-doctoral period at the University of Oxford, she currently holds a position at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen (The Netherlands).
