Prosody: Theory and Experiment

Studies Presented to Gösta Bruce
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-90-481-5562-0
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 557 g

Reihe: Text, Speech and Language Technology

This volume deals with a wide range of topics including the representation of tones and intonation, evidence for and constraints on prosodic phrasing, prosodic boundary detection, articulatory dynamics of stress, timing in speech, and prosodic correlates of speaking style, as well as the perception of prosodic prominence. The book offers investigators in all areas of speech communication a comprehensive and coherent presentation of contemporary prosodic research.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horne, M.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Nachrichten- und Kommunikationstechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Phonetik, Phonologie, Prosodie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Computerlinguistik, Korpuslinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Tonal Elements and Their Alignment.- 2. Bruce, Pierrehumbert, and the Elements of Intonational Phonology.- 3. Levels of Representation and Levels of Analysis for the Description of Intonation Systems.- 4. The Perception of Prosodic Prominence.- 5. The Lexical Tone Contrast of Roermond Dutch in Optimality Theory.- 6. Modeling the Articulatory Dynamics of Two Levels of Stress Contrast.- 7. Phrase-Level Phonology in Speech Production Planning: Evidence for the Role of Prosodic Structure.- 8. The Interaction of Constraints on Prosodic Phrasing.- 9. Prosodic Boundary Detection.- 10. Timing in Speech: A Multi-Level Process.- 11. A Corpus-Based Approach to the Study of Speaking Style.