
The Intonation of Givenness
Evidence from German
Stefan Baumann(Author)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 14. August 2006
Book
Hardback
X, 183 pages
978-3-484-30508-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book addresses students and researchers of phonetics/phonology, and the semantics and pragmatics of discourse. It employs an autosegmental-metrical model of intonation to investigate the marking of aspects of information structure, concentrating on the Given-New dimension. The empirical evidence provided here is based on German. It shows that the dichotomy of 'accented' versus 'uncaccented' corresponding to 'New' versus 'Given' information is inadequate. In fact, there is evidence that a range of pitch accent types can be mapped onto the gradient scale of Givenness degrees, with the pitch height on the accented syllable being the determining factor.
Reviews / Votes
"It is a valuable addition to our scholary library."Stefan Baumann in: The Phonetician 1/2007More details
Series
Thesis
Doctoral thesis
2005
Universität Saarbrücken
Edition
Reprint 2011
Language
English
Place of publication
Tübingen
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
758 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-484-30508-3 (9783484305083)
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