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Author Kunter, Gero.

Title Compound stress in English : the phonetics and phonology of prosodic prominence / Gero Kunter
Published Berlin : De Gruyter, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (225 pages)
Series Linguistische Arbeiten, 0344-6727 ; 539
Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; 539.
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Compounds, stress and prominence: concepts and issues -- 3 The corpus -- 4 Perception of compound prominence patterns -- 5 Acoustic correlates of compound prominence -- 6 Classification and prediction of compound prominence patterns -- 7 What determines compound prominence patterns? -- 8 Within- and across-speaker variation -- 9 Conclusion -- A Introduction to linear regression and mixed-effects models -- B NOUN + NOUN compounds used in the variability study -- References
Summary While it has long been noted that the first element of most, but not of all English nominal compounds is perceptually most prominent (e.g. TABLE cloth vs. paper CUP), a principled empirical investigation of the acoustics, perception, and the phonological distribution of these two prominence patterns has been missing. Using a corpus of spoken language, the current volume presents the first thorough and detailed investigation of these areas, while also introducing several methodological and statistical innovations to the field
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225)
Notes In English
Subject English language -- Accents and accentuation.
English language -- Prosodic analysis.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Phonetics & Phonology.
English language -- Accents and accentuation
English language -- Prosodic analysis
Akzent
Nominalkompositum
Englisch
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012372479
ISBN 3110254700
9783110254709
1283166763
9781283166768
3110254697
9783110254693