Corpus-based Studies of Lesser-described Languages

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The CorpAfroAs corpus of spoken AfroAsiatic languages

Amina Mettouchi Martine Vanhove Dominique Caubet(Herausgeber*in)

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Corpus-based Studies of Lesser-described Languages
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
References
Part 1. Phonetics, phonology and prosody
Representation of speech in CorpAfroAs
0. Introduction
1. Visualization of the spoken: Phones and segmental phonemes
2. Prosodic segmentation: Prosodic units and their representation
2.1 Phonological word
2.2 Intonation unit
2.3 Paratone
2.4 Period
3. Conclusions
References
Tone and intonation
1. Introduction
1.1 Tone variation
1.2 Intonation Unit
1.3 Paratone
1.4 Period
2. Declination
2.1 The general frame
2.2 Variations in declination
3. Intonemes
3.1 Initial: Step-up and Step-down
3.2 Terminal intonemes
3.2.1 Fall
3.2.2 Rise
3.2.3 Level
3.2.4 High Rise
4. Intonemes combine into intonation structures
5. Conclusion
Part 2. Interfacing prosody, information structure and syntax
The intonation of topic and focus
1. Topic and Focus
1.1 Thetic
1.2 Topic
1.3 Focus
1.4 Summary
2. The intonation of Topic and Focus in Zaar
2.1 Zaar prosodic system
2.1.1 Neutral intonation pattern and declination
2.1.2 Exceptions to declination
2.1.3 Register
2.2 Focus
2.3 Topic
2.3.1 Unspecified topics
2.3.2 Specified topics
2.3.3 Frames
2.4 Conclusion
3. The intonation of Topic and Focus in Tamasheq
3.1 Tamasheq prosodic system
3.1.1 Accent and general intonational contour
3.1.2 Particular accentual contours
3.2 Focus
3.2.1 Subject and Object Focus in Tamasheq
3.2.2 Predicate Focus: Different construction, same intonation
3.3 Topic
3.4 Topic and focus in the same utterance
3.5 Conclusion
4. The intonation of Topic and Focus in Juba Arabic
4.1 Juba Arabic prosodic system
4.1.1 Declarative sentences
4.1.2 Yes/No-Questions
4.1.3 Wh-Questions
4.2 Focus
4.2.1 The contrastive focus particle zátu
4.2.2 The counter-assertive focus particle mà=
4.3 Topic
4.4 Frames
4.5 Conclusion
5. The intonation of Topic and Focus in Tripoli Arabic
5.1 Tripoli Arabic prosodic system
5.1.1 Neutral intonation pattern and declination
5.1.2 Wh-Questions
5.1.3 Exceptions to declination: Yes/No-Questions
5.2 Topic
5.2.1 Subject and Object Topics
5.3 Frames
5.4 Focus
5.4.1 Focus Marker: The particle r?a?
5.4.2 Focus expressed by intonative contours
5.5 Conclusion
6. Closing remarks
References
Quotative constructions and prosody in some Afroasiatic languages
1. Introduction and theoretical background
2. Conventions and methods of prosodic analysis
3. Beja quotatives
3.1 Elements of syntax and prosody
3.2 Prosodic integration cline in Beja
3.2.1 Speech reports and quotative verb
3.2.2 The onset of the speech report
3.2.3 Speech report, subject and addressee of quotative frame
4. Zaar quotatives
4.1 Elements of syntax and prosody
4.2 Prosodic integration cline in Zaar
4.2.1 Speech reports and quotative frames
4.2.2 Prosodic integration of the complementizers
5. Juba Arabic quotatives
5.1 Elements of syntax and prosody
5.2 Prosodic integration cline in Juba Arabic
5.2.1 Intonation units of direct speech reports
5.2.2 Intonation-unit boundaries in indirect speech reports
6. Modern Hebrew quotatives
6.1 Elements of syntax and prosody
6.2 Prosodic integration cline in Modern Hebrew
6.2.1 Intonation-unit boundaries in direct speech reports
6.2.2 Intonation-unit boundaries in indirect speech reports
7. Conclusion: Towards a typology
List of glosses
Acknowledgements
References
Part 3. Cross-linguistic comparability
Glossing in Semitic languages
1. Introduction
2. Interlinear morphemic glossing in Arabic varieties
3. Interlinear morphemic glossing in Modern Hebrew
4. Interlinear morphemic glosses for Moroccan Arabic and Modern Hebrew in CorpAfroAs
4.1 The first step: Defining underlying forms
4.2 The second step: Defining common grammatical categories
4.2.1 Nouns and adjectives
4.2.2 Articles
4.2.3 Annexation
4.2.4 Numerals
4.2.5 Personal pronouns
4.2.6 Demonstratives: Pronouns, determiners and modifiers
4.2.7 Relative pronouns
4.2.8 Verbs
4.2.9 Participles and verbal nouns
4.2.10 TAM markers
4.2.11 Prepositions, conjunctions and adverbs
4.2.12 Negation
5. Conclusion
References
From the Leipzig Glossing Rules to the GE and RX lines
1. From translation to glossing
2. CorpAfroAs: From glossing to the GE and RX lines
3. Conclusion
Cross-linguistic comparability in CorpAfroAs
Introduction
1. Directional verbal extensions in Chadic, Berber and Cushitic
1.1 Distribution
1.2 Distribution and functions
2. Case in AfroAsiatic
2.1 Defining case in CorpAfroAs
2.2 A description of case marking in AfroAsiatic
2.2.1 Case suffixes and apophony
2.2.2 Case clitics
2.3 Syntactic roles marking in pronouns
2.5 Cross-linguistic queries on case in CorpAfroAs
3. Gender in AfroAsiatic
3.1 Overview
3.2 Categories affected by gender
3.3 Gender in nouns
3.4 Gender in personal and other pronouns
3.5 Gender agreement
3.5.1 Gender and gender agreement in Adjectives
3.5.2 Gender and gender agreement in definite markers, demonstratives and other nominal modifiers
3.5.3 Gender and agreement in verbs
3.6 The interaction of gender, number and case
3.7 AfroAsiatic languages as gendered languages par excellence?
Conclusion
References
Functional domains and cross-linguistic comparability
1. Introduction
2. Basic question
3. Theoretical assumptions of the present approach
4. How to discover grammaticalized meaning
4.1 General methodology
4.2 Formal means of encoding
5. Examples of functional domains
6. Similarities and differences among languages
6.1 Languages may encode different functional domains
6.2 Languages differ in the internal structure of the functional domain
6.3 Languages differ in their grammaticalized meanings
7. Potential meanings within the domain of reference
7.1 Mere formal categories are not good indicators of function
7.2 Selected subdomains and grammaticalized meanings within the domain of reference system
8. A proposal for the structure of a database
9. Application of the database to the reference system in Mina and Kabyle
9.1 The domain of reference in Mina
9.2 The domain of reference in Kabyle
10. Comparison of the domain of reference in Mina and Kabyle
Subdomain of deixis
Mention in discourse
Known reference
Deduced reference
Co-reference and switch reference
Unspecified reference
Reference in relative clauses
11. Conclusion
List of abbreviations
References
Part 4. Language contact
Language contact, borrowing and codeswitching
1. Theoretical framework
2. Lexical borrowing
3. Codeswitching
3.1 Prosodic segmentation and codeswitching
3.1.1 Intersentential codeswitching
3.1.2 Intrasentential codeswitching
3.2 Intonation and codeswitching
4. Conclusions
References
Part 5. Information technology
ELAN-CorpA
The CorpAfroAs project
The interlinearize process
Specific lists from the lexicon
The parser algorithm
Displaying the results of the parser
Validating the morphemes of a segmentation
Adding a new entry to the lexicon from the segmentation area
ELAN-CorpA Lexicon Structure
Importing a Toolbox dictionary
TierX versus Part of Speech
Problem of identifiers when importing the underlying form field (u)
Residual fields
Exportation of the ELAN-CorpA lexicon to Toolbox
Parse Lexicon Structure
The grid for the lexicon
Sorting
New entry
Editing an entry
The segmentation area
Ergonomics of the morpheme glossing in the segmentation area
The process of creating the annotations under the word to be interlinearized
Interlinearize menu
Lexicon
Parse
Parameters (Setting up the Interlinearize or Annotation process)
LinkedFiles
Various interfaces to Create or Edit a lexicon entry
During segmentation
From the lexicon area
From the lexicon grid
The Insert Lexicon data window
The Insert Variant window
The Show/Edit window
Conclusion
Index
Index

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