Abstract
Is the high plateau in a ‘hat pattern’ a phonetic artefact, or does it reflect a phonological feature? Can it contrast with a low plateau, i.e., a ‘dip pattern’? The presented perception experiment supports the phonological point of view, since it shows that the dip/hat contrast can disambiguate German oder-constructions, which are interpretable as ‘alternative’ or ‘yes/no-questions’. This specific function may be derived from a more general substance–function relation: While a hat pattern has a ‘bracketing function’, a dip signals detachment.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Event | 4th Conference on Speech Prosody - Campinas, Brazil Duration: 2008 May 7 → … |
Conference
| Conference | 4th Conference on Speech Prosody |
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| Country/Territory | Brazil |
| City | Campinas |
| Period | 2008/05/07 → … |
Bibliographical note
The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.The record was previously connected to the following departments: Linguistics and Phonetics (015010003)
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- General Language Studies and Linguistics
Free keywords
- bracketing function
- perception
- alternative question
- phonetics
- phonology
- AM
- KIM
- intonation model
- hat pattern
- concatenation