Information status and prosody : production and perception in German0F*

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In a production experiment and two follow-up perception experiments on read German we investigated the (de-)coding of discourse-new, inferentially and textually accessible and given discourse referents by prosodic means. Results reveal that a decrease in the referent’s level of givenness is reflected by an increase in its prosodic prominence (expressed by differences in the status and type of accent used) providing evidence for the relevance of different intermediate types of information status between the poles given and new. Furthermore, perception data indicate that the degree of prosodic prominence can serve as the decisive cue for decoding a referent’s level of givenness.

Metadaten
Author details:	Christine Tanja Röhr
URN:	urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-66116
Publication type:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Publication year:	2013
Publishing institution:	Universität Potsdam
Release date:	2013/06/13
Tag:	cognitive activation; degree of givenness; discourse referent; information status; perception; pitch accent; prominence; prosody
Source:	Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632, ISSN 1866-4725 / ISIS (2013) 17 / S. 119-141
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