UID:
almahu_9949481397702882
Format:
1 online resource (183 p.)
Edition:
Reprint 2012
ISBN:
9783110921205
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9783110238570
Series Statement:
Linguistische Arbeiten , 508
Content:
This book addresses students and researchers of both phonetics and 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. It begins with an overview of the state of the art in the areas of intonation and information structure, and, since the term 'Givenness' has been used in the literature in diverging ways, provides a model of 'Givenness proper', focussing on the cognitive states of discourse referents, and how these states are expressed through the choice of words and their prosody. The empirical evidence provided here is based on German. It comprises the analysis of a read corpus and two perception experiments which show 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 (including deaccentuation) can be mapped onto the gradient scale of Givenness degrees, with the pitch height on the accented syllable being the determining factor.
Content:
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.
Note:
Dissertation Universität Saarbrücken 2005.
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i-xi --
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Acknowledgements --
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Contents --
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1 Introduction --
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2 Theoretical Background --
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3 Corpus Analysis --
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4 Experiments --
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5 A Model of Intonation and Givenness --
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6 Summary and Outlook --
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Bibliography --
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Lebenslauf
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Backlist Linguistics and Semiotics 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110238457
In:
DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110636970
In:
E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2006, De Gruyter, 9783110277128
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGES TITLES 2006, De Gruyter, 9783110277180
In:
E-BOOK PAKET LINGUISTIK UND LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT 2006, De Gruyter, 9783110276893
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783484305083
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
DOI:
10.1515/9783110921205
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110921205
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110921205
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