Focus types in Brazilian Portuguese
Multimodal production and perception
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4844931 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manuella Carnaval (0000-0002-4321-5859, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Brazil), João Antônio De Moraes (0000-0002-8894-166X, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Brazil), Albert Rilliard (0000-0001-6490-2386, Université Paris Saclay, CNRS, LISN, França; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | DELTA Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-4450 • E-ISSN: 1678-460X |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1678-460x202258944 |
| OpenAlex | W4307863571 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0102-44502022000300407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 22 |
This paper aims at describing prosodic focalization as a multimodal phenomenon in Brazilian Portuguese, evaluating the role of two modalities in focus production and perception: audio (A), visual (V), and their combined audiovisual presentation (AV). Five focus types are considered, according to their semantic-pragmatic values: (a) in declarative sentences: (i) IF - informational focus (answer to a previous question, conveying new information), (ii) CF- contrastive (strong) focus (correction of information considered wrong); (iii) ATF - attenuated (weak) focus (proposition of an alternative solution to previous information); (b) in interrogative sentences: (i) INTF - interrogative focus (a new information is requested in the question); (ii) SF - surprise focus (one casts doubt on a previous information). Also, structural factors were evaluated, as focus extension and position in the sentence. After running a multimodal perceptual experiment and developing an acoustic and visual analysis on focus production, results show that multimodality plays a relevant role in focus production and perception. Different acoustic and visual parameters, or configuration of parameters, contribute to conveying distinct meanings, according to each focus type
Cognitive psychology · Crossmodal · Focus (optics) · Information Structure · Interrogative · Linguistics · Modalities · Perception · Sentence · Sociology · Surprise · Visual perception · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |