Abstract
This study explores the intonational signalling of a ‘request address’ in German and Swedish. Data from 16 speakers (9 Germans, 7 Swedes) were elicited under controlled conditions, and intonation contours produced on the test phrase “Wallander?” were classified according to
their phrase-final pattern. Both ‘rises’ and ‘fall-rises’ were produced frequently by both Germans and Swedes, which is in line with Ohala’s frequency code, but challenging for the Lund model of Swedish intonation.
their phrase-final pattern. Both ‘rises’ and ‘fall-rises’ were produced frequently by both Germans and Swedes, which is in line with Ohala’s frequency code, but challenging for the Lund model of Swedish intonation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings FONETIK 2008 |
| Editors | Anders Eriksson, Jonas Lindh |
| Publisher | Department of Linguistics, Gothenburg University |
| Pages | 81-84 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-91-977196-0-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Event | FONETIK 2008: the XXIst Swedish Phonetics Conference - University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 2008 Jun 11 → 2008 Jun 13 |
Conference
| Conference | FONETIK 2008 |
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| Country/Territory | Sweden |
| City | Gothenburg |
| Period | 2008/06/11 → 2008/06/13 |
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)
- Comparative Language Studies and Linguistics
Free keywords
- intonation
- prosody
- frequency code
- Lund model
- nuclear tone