Intonation correlates of canonical and non-canonical wh-in-situ questions in Spanish
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10141539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolina González (0000-0002-3519-121X, Florida State University, corresponding author), Lara Reglero (0000-0001-9460-243X, Florida State University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-50 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022226722000548 |
| OpenAlex | W4316467666 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
This project investigates the intonation of canonical (information-seeking) and non-canonical wh-in-situ echo questions conveying repetition and surprise in Northern Peninsular Spanish. Data from 14 female participants were collected via a contextualised elicitation task. The following correlates were examined: (i) the melodic curve of the wh-in-situ question, (ii) the nuclear peak (in Hz), (iii) the wh-tonal range (i.e. the difference between the lowest nuclear Low and the highest boundary High), and (iv) the nuclear contour. Results show that all wh-in-situ questions investigated display similar melodic curves and nuclear contours, but canonical questions have significantly lower nuclear peaks and wh-tonal ranges than non-canonical questions. Echo-repetition and echo-surprise questions also differ in nuclear peak and wh-tonal range. We propose a tentative analysis, whereby canonical in-situ questions have a final H% boundary tone, in contrast to non-canonical questions, which have an extra-High (upstepped) final boundary tone (¡H%)
Art · Canonical correspondence analysis · Intonation (linguistics · Linguistics · Literature · Melody · Non canonical · Physics · Range (aeronautics · Repetition (rhetorical device · Surprise · Tone (literature · Communication · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |