Ebook: Prosody: Models and Measurements

Prosody: Models and Measurements is the fruit of a three-day workshop held in Paris in April, 1982. The workshop was one of a series which is sponsored by the Maison des Sciences de I'Homme under the auspices of the European Psycho linguistics Association, and which aims to bring together workers in a particular field from different European laboratories and to encourage future collaboration across regional, national and disciplinary boundaries. Thus the topic of the workshop - "Prosody" - was fairly liberally interpreted in the invitations, and the participants were drawn from a variety of background- linguistics, phonetics, psychology. Despite this diversity, however, there was a surprising degree of congruence in the topics discussed and points of view adopted. We have attempted in the introduction to the present volume to as well as to account for the draw out the similarities between approaches, differences and to set the individual contributions against the background of current research in the field. The book is not merely a transcript of what was said during the sessions. All of the papers have been rewritten by the participants - in some cases extensively - to reflect the comments that were made in discussion and the points of contact and disagreement that became evident during the three days.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Introduction. Models and Measurements in the Study of Prosody ....Pages 1-10
A Generative Model of Intonation....Pages 11-25
Two Issues in the Prosody of Standard Danish....Pages 27-38
Peak Features and Overall Slope....Pages 39-52
Language-Independent Prosodic Features....Pages 53-66
Prosodic Structure and the Given/New Distinction....Pages 67-77
Speakers’ Conceptions of the Function of Prosody....Pages 79-91
Structures and Categories in Prosodic Representations....Pages 93-109
Temporal Predictability in the Perception of English Speech....Pages 111-121
Prosodic Structure Above the Word....Pages 123-140
Comparative Notes on Terms and Topics in the Contributions....Pages 141-146
Back Matter....Pages 147-162

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Introduction. Models and Measurements in the Study of Prosody ....Pages 1-10
A Generative Model of Intonation....Pages 11-25
Two Issues in the Prosody of Standard Danish....Pages 27-38
Peak Features and Overall Slope....Pages 39-52
Language-Independent Prosodic Features....Pages 53-66
Prosodic Structure and the Given/New Distinction....Pages 67-77
Speakers’ Conceptions of the Function of Prosody....Pages 79-91
Structures and Categories in Prosodic Representations....Pages 93-109
Temporal Predictability in the Perception of English Speech....Pages 111-121
Prosodic Structure Above the Word....Pages 123-140
Comparative Notes on Terms and Topics in the Contributions....Pages 141-146
Back Matter....Pages 147-162
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