On the status of contrast : evidence from the prosodic domain
- Recent models of Information Structure (IS) identify a low level contrast feature that functions within the topic and focus of the utterance. This study investigates the exact nature of this feature based on empirical evidence from a controlled read speech experiment on the prosodic realization of different levels of contrast in Modern Greek. Results indicate that only correction is truly contrastive, and that it is similarly realized in both topic and focus, suggesting that contrast is an independent IS dimension. Non default focus position is further identified as a parameter that triggers a prosodically marked rendition, similar to correction.
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| Author details: | Pepi Stavropoulou |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-66066 |
| Publication type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 2013 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2013/06/13 |
| Tag: | Contrast; Correction; Information Structure; Markedness; Prosody |
| Source: | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632, ISSN 1866-4725 / ISIS (2013) 17 / S. 1-31 |
| RVK - Regensburg classification: | ER 300 |
| Organizational units: | Zentrale und wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen / Sonderforschungsbereich 632 - Informationsstruktur |
| DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
| Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632, ISSN 1866-4725 / ISIS (2013) 17 |
| License (German): |  Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
