Towards an analysis ofturinese italian intonation and. Fundamental concepts of the autosegmentalmetrical theory 3. Robert 1994 constraints on the gradient variability of pitch range or pitch level 4. Edited by bruce hayes, robert kirchner, and donca steriade. Intonational phonology cambridge studies in linguistics. Fox s book, the first substantial overview on the subject in twenty years, presents an overall view of the nature of prosodic features of languageaccent, stress, rhythm, tone, pitch, and intonationand shows how these. On the place of phrase accents in intonational phonology. Three codes are identified, ohalas frequency code, the effort. Intonation is a subject of increasing importance in fields from syntax to speech recognition. Intonational phonology of samoan robyn orfitelli and kristine yu afla 16, ucsc may 2, 2009 1. Overview of current autosegmentalmetrical ideas on intonational phonology, including extensive new crosslinguistic material. Robert ladd, amalia arvaniti skip to main content we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. This second edition presents a completely revised overview of research on intonational phonology since the 1970s, including new material on research developments since the mid 1990s. Linguistics and psychology university ofmassachusetts at amherst, 1996 submitted to the department oflinguistics and philosophy in partial fulfillment ofthe requirements for the degree of master ofscience in.
Within this framework, pitch accents are distinguished from both the abstract metrical stress and the acoustic stress of a syllable. This 2008 second edition presents a completely revised overview of research on intonational phonology since the 1970s, including new material on research. Ladd gives an exceptionally clear overview of the key ideas of pierrehumberts autosegmentalmetrical theory to intonational phonology, and discusses alternative approaches. Intonational phonology cambridge studies in linguistics by. Although maltese is considered to have both lexical stress and postlexical pitch accents, intonation in qword questions has so far defied straightforward intonational analysis vella 2007, 2011. On the place of phrase accents in intonational phonology volume 17 issue 2 martine grice, d. Project muse the structure of intonational meaning.
Unlike the first volume, half of the languages are understudied languages andor researched through fieldwork, and all vary widely in their word prosody as well as their geographic distribution. On the place of phrase accents in intonational phonology martine grice, d. It contains a new section discussing the research on the alignment of pitch features that has developed since the first. Prosodic structure, constituents and their representations. Between the grammar and the physics of speech, pages 1734. He outlines the evidence for the theorys basic tenets and relates them to the ideas of competing. The comparative phonology of the bodogaro languages. Can ids intonation be described using intonational models from nonids. Overview of current autosegmentalmetrical ideas on intonational phonology, including extensive new. Strings of sequentiallyordered elements play an important role as theoretical abstractions in both phonology and syntax. Intonational phonology cambridge studies in linguistics by d. Robert ladd is the author of intonational phonology 3. English phonology is the sound system phonology of the english language, or the study of that system. Professor robert ladd and alice turk in the second semester of 20022003.
Towards an analysis ofturinese italian intonation and theoretical implications for intonational phonology. He has published extensively on various aspects of intonation in the fields leading journals, including language, journal of the acoustical society of america, and journal of phonetics. Robert ladd and amalia arvaniti phonology volume 17 issue 02 august 2000, pp 143 185. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Investigating the intonational phonology of tamil background tamil is a dravidian language, spoken predominantly in the indian state of tamil nadu. Robert ladd and rachel morton department of linguistics, uniy ersity of edinburgh, george square, edinburgh eh 8 9 ll, u. Last available census of india figures 1991 indicate 53 million speakers within india.
Pierrehumbert 1980, beckman and pierrehumbert 1986, ladd 1996. Autosegmental and metrical phonology download ebook pdf. It contains a new section discussing the research on the alignment of. On the phonetics and phonology of focus marking in boro. The symbiosis between perception and grammar in loanword phonology. Bruce, pierrehumbert, and the elements of intonational. Robert ladd, was born on 5 march 1947 and studied at brown university, graduating in 1968 with a bachelor of arts degree in linguistics. Reviewed by john goldsmith, indiana university intonation is the golden triangle of linguistics. Robert ladd 20081229 hardcover january 1, 1750 see all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions price. This volume contains detailed surveys of the intonational phonology of fourteen typologically diverse languages, described in the autosegmentalmetrical framework.
After spending two years in the us army, he studied at cornell university 197072 to complete a master of arts degree in linguistics. The moving wall represents the time period between the last issue available in jstor and the most recently published issue of a journal. Robert ladd is professor of linguistics in the school of philosophy, psychology and language sciences at the university of edinburgh. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Introduction to intonational phonetics online appendix to accompany intonational phonology second edition because it is now so easy to carry out acoustic analysis of recorded speech, many studies of intonational phonology are now based on instrumental data of one sort or another. Pitch accent is a term used in autosegmentalmetrical theory for local intonational features that are associated with particular syllables.
Robert ladd provides an exceptionally clear presentation of the key ideas of the influential autosegmentalmetrical theory of intonational phonology associated with the work of janet pierrehumbert. This readings section provides the list of required texts for the course, the schedule of readings by session, and a list of additional useful textbooks, reference books, and journals arranged by topic. These researchers do not agree on one single analysis of intonational meaning, because, instead of defining a limited set of communicative functions a priori, am theory considers intonational meaning to be subject to empirical investigation with. This 2008 second edition presents a completely revised overview of research on intonational phonology since the 1970s, including new material on research developments since the mid 1990s.
Conditioned association properties of tones in maltese. Ill post readings from here, but this is a useful book to own. Gussenhoven 1984 on dutch, hayes and lahiri 1991 on bengali, uhmann 1991 on german, grice 1995a on italian, and it is unquestionably the currently dominant approach to. Recei y ed th 9 july 6 9 9 1, and in re y ised form rd 3 april 7 9 9 1. Different languages specify different relationships between pitch accent and stress placement. Robert 1992 an introduction to intonational phonology, in docherty, g. Many theories of intonational phonology have granted some special status to pitch features that occur at the edges of prosodic domains, contrasting them with prominencelending pitch configurations.
Phonology is the study of how sounds are organized and used in natural languages. Robert ladd and amalia arvaniti phonology volume 17 issue 02 august 2000, pp 143 185 doi. Intonational phonology 2nd edition, robert ladd 2008, cambridge university press. The discussion focuses on intonational phenomena in indic languages, as these are different from english and other intonational languages cf. It is quite difficult to thank all those people who directly or indirectly affected my work and me at this time during both writing this dissertation and doing the msc course in general. Prosodic structure and tempo in a sonority model of articulatory dynamics, in gerard j. He has published extensively on various aspects of intonation in the fields leading journals, including language, journal of the acoustical society of.
Pdf on jan 1, 2010, gerard ogrady and others published d. The phonetic implementation is widely used for the expression of universal meanings that derive from biological codes, meaning dimensions based on aspects of the production process of pitch variation. Robert ladd, 9780521678360, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. But i would like to extend my special thanks to professor robert ladd, who supervised. Phonetic effects of focus and tonal crowding in intonation. Gussenhoven 1984 on dutch, hayes and lahiri 1991 on bengali, uhmann 1991 on german, grice 1995a on italian, and it is unquestionably the currently dominant approach to intonational description. Robert ladd focuses on problems with the onedimensional idealization of language on which much linguistic theory is based. This module presents the basics of intonational phonology. He also looks critically at the version put forward by generativists, and offers his own solutions.
In rare instances, a publisher has elected to have a zero moving wall, so their current issues are available. Bruce, pierrehumbert, and the elements of intonational phonology. Robert ladd this second edition presents a completely revised overview of research on intonational phonology since the 1970s, including new material on research developments since the mid 1990s. Robert ladd intonational phonology and cheng et al a corpus study of discourse intonation. The am theory and pierrehumberts notational conventions have been widely adopted by investigators of other languages e. Phonological representation of pitch in the autosegmentalmetrical theory 4. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. For many of these older papers there is no suitable electronic source for creating a pdf.
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