Swiss German Intonation Patterns

Swiss German Intonation Patterns
Title Swiss German Intonation Patterns PDF eBook
Author Adrian Leemann
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 348
Release 2012
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027234906

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Switzerland is renowned for having a diverse linguistic and dialectal landscape in a comparatively small and confined space. Possibly, this is one of the reasons why Swiss German dialects have been investigated thoroughly on various linguistic levels. Nevertheless, natural speech intonation has, until today, not been examined systematically. The aim of this study is to analyze natural Swiss German fundamental frequency behavior according to linguistic, paralinguistic, and extralinguistic variables, using statistical tests against the backdrop of detecting dialect-specific patterns as well as cross-dialectal differences. The intonation analyses were conducted with the mathematically-formulated Command-Response model. This is the first large-scale study that applies this framework on a large corpus of natural, dialectal speech. This contribution provides a holistic account of the truly multilayered features of natural speech intonation and brings to light detailed underlying patterns of Swiss German dialectal fundamental frequency behavior. The book is mainly targeted at linguists, speech scientists, as well as dialectologists.

Intonation Patterns in Tyrolean German

Intonation Patterns in Tyrolean German
Title Intonation Patterns in Tyrolean German PDF eBook
Author Geoffrey Barker
Publisher Peter Lang
Pages 202
Release 2005
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN 9780820468372

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Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... an electronic text and sound files to give the reader access to the speech samples." -- p. [xv].

Methods in Contemporary Linguistics

Methods in Contemporary Linguistics
Title Methods in Contemporary Linguistics PDF eBook
Author Andrea Ender
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 550
Release 2012-08-31
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110275686

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The present volume is a broad overview of methods and methodologies in linguistics, illustrated with examples from concrete research. It collects insights gained from a broad range of linguistic sub-disciplines, ranging from core disciplines to topics in cross-linguistic and language-internal diversity or to contributions towards language, space and society. Given its critical and innovative nature, the volume is a valuable source for students and researchers of a broad range of linguistic interests.

Syllable and Word Languages

Syllable and Word Languages
Title Syllable and Word Languages PDF eBook
Author Javier Caro Reina
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 466
Release 2014-10-24
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110346990

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This is the first volume concerned with the phonological typology of syllable and word languages, based on the model of a complex, multi-layered and hierarchically structured phonological system. The main typological claim is that the phonetic and phonological make-up of a language depends on the relevance of the prosodic categories. In previous research, the syllable and the phonological word have already proved to be typologically important. The contributions in this volume discuss theoretical questions and address issues such as the variable structure of the phonological word, the interplay between phonetics and phonology as well as the effect of a language’s phonological make-up on its morphology or lexicon. The volume provides detailed synchronic and diachronic analyses of (Non-)Indo-European languages which will serve as a basis for further typological research.

Intonation Patterns in Tyrolean German

Intonation Patterns in Tyrolean German
Title Intonation Patterns in Tyrolean German PDF eBook
Author Geoffrey Sean Barker
Publisher
Pages 454
Release 2002
Genre
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Experimental Studies in Word and Sentence Prosody

Experimental Studies in Word and Sentence Prosody
Title Experimental Studies in Word and Sentence Prosody PDF eBook
Author Carlos Gussenhoven
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 433
Release 2009-02-26
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110207575

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This volume presents 14 experimental studies of lexical tone and intonation in a wide variety of languages. Six papers deal with the discriminability or the function of intonation contours and lexical tones in specific languages, as established on the basis of listener responses, as well as with brain activation patterns resulting from the perception of tonal and intonational stimuli. The remaining eight papers report on detailed phonetic findings on a variety of tonal phenomena in a number of languages, including declination in tone languages, final lowering, consonant-tone interactions and pitch target alignment.

Language Variation--European Perspectives

Language Variation--European Perspectives
Title Language Variation--European Perspectives PDF eBook
Author Frans Hinskens
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 285
Release 2006-01-01
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027234817

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This volume presents 16 original studies of variation in languages representing the three main European language families, as well as in varieties of Greek and Hungarian. The studies concern variation in or across dialects or dialect groups, in standard varieties or in emerging regional varieties of the standard. Several studies investigate a specific linguistic element or structure, while others focus on areas of tension between variation and prescriptive standard norms, on regional standard varieties and regiolects, on problems of linguistic classification (from folk linguistic or dialect geographical perspectives) and the classification of speakers. Language acquisition plays a main role in three studies. The studies in this volume represent a range of methods, including ethnographic and 'interpretative' approaches, conversation analysis, analyses of the internal and geographical distribution of dialect features, the classification and quantitative analyses of socio-demographic speaker background data, quantitative analyses of both diachronic and synchronic language data, phonetic measurements, as well as (quasi-)experimental perception studies. The volume thus offers a microcosmic reflection of the macrocosmos of world-wide research on variability in (originally) European languages at the beginning of the 21th century and the linguistic expression of cultural diversity.