Swiss German Intonation Patterns
1st Edition
Published on 4. July 2012
XV, 331 pages
978-90-272-7384-0 (ISBN)
Description
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. It brings to light detailed underlying patterns of Swiss German dialectal fundamental frequency behavior and provides a holistic account of the truly multilayered features of natural speech intonation.
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Abbreviations used
SAMPA reference
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Intonation
Chapter 3. Intonation models
Chapter 4. Command-Response model: Fujisaki
Chapter 5. Swiss German
Chapter 6. Methods
Chapter 7. Application of the Fujisaki model
Chapter 8. Overall results
Chapter 9. Linguistic variables
Chapter 10. Paralinguistic variables
Chapter 11. Non-linguistic variables
Chapter 12. Linear models
Chapter 13. Dialect profiles
Chapter 14. Conclusion
References
Appendix
Subject and Author index
SAMPA reference
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Intonation
Chapter 3. Intonation models
Chapter 4. Command-Response model: Fujisaki
Chapter 5. Swiss German
Chapter 6. Methods
Chapter 7. Application of the Fujisaki model
Chapter 8. Overall results
Chapter 9. Linguistic variables
Chapter 10. Paralinguistic variables
Chapter 11. Non-linguistic variables
Chapter 12. Linear models
Chapter 13. Dialect profiles
Chapter 14. Conclusion
References
Appendix
Subject and Author index
