Pitch scaling and the internal structuring of the Intonation Phrase in French

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ID20399786
AutoresMariapaola D'Imperio, Mariapaola D’Imperio (0000-0001-5122-4555, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, autor correspondente), Amandine Michelas (0000-0003-0213-6131, Aix-Marseille Université, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume31
Fascículo1
Páginas95-122
Data de publicação2014-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPhonology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0952-6757 • E-ISSN: 1469-8188
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0952675714000049
OpenAlexW2091460651
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas31

Within the autosegmental-metrical approach to French intonation, the existence of an intermediate phrase or ip is controversial. Our study provides strong evidence for its existence, by uncovering systematic pitch-scaling effects within this constituent. We first show that the presence of an ip break is responsible for blocking recursive downstep of subsequent AP-final LH* rises in declarative utterances, causing the return of the final H target to the pitch level set by the first accentual peak of the phrase (i.e. complete reset). Additional evidence for the internal structuring of the Intonation Phrase is also provided by partial reset on the postboundary H target as well as by preboundary lengthening on the last syllable of the ip. The pitch-scaling effects are claimed to result from control over the reference pitch level for the entire ip, which can alternatively be modelled through secondary association of the last pitch accent of the domain

Geometry · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Phrase · Pitch accent · Prosody · Scaling · Speech recognition · Structuring · Syllable · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Speech Recognition and Synthesis