Prosodic perception of sentence types in Greek

Chaida, Anthi

doi:10.36505/exling-2008/02/0016/000075

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“…Consequently, there can be no post-focal deaccenting. Regarding the alignment of the nucleus in neutral questions, the results of the present study differ from the results of previous studies, where the nucleus is in the verb (Baltazani 2007, Chaida 2010.…”

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“…On the other hand, in questions with an early nucleus, the peak of the tonal boundary is aligned with the last stressed syllable. This finding is in line with previous studies (Grice et al 2000, Arvaniti 2002, Baltazani 2007, Chaida 2010.…”

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“…According to previous studies, the tonal structure of polar questions consists of a low nuclear tone, followed by a risin-falling tonal movement at the right edge of utterances. More specifically, the tonal peak has been found to align either with the last syllable of the sentence when focus in the last word or with the last stressed syllable when focus earlier (Grice et al, 2000, Arvaniti 2002, Baltazani 2007, Chaida 2010.…”

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Intonation and polar questions in Greek

Chaida¹,

Sotiriou²,

Kontostavlaki³

2019

Proceedings of International Conferences of Experimental Linguistics

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The present study focuses upon the effects of lexical stress and focus on Greek polar (yes/no) questions. According to the results of a production experiment, the tonal structure of neutral questions presents striking similarities with the tonal structure of questions with focus on the final element. Questions with focus in the first element display a different tonal structure and do not show the typical F0 fall on the stressed syllable of the nucleus. The peak of the tonal boundary in these questions aligns with the last stressed syllable, while in neutral questions and in questions with focus in the final element it aligns with the last syllable of the utterance.

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Intonation and polar questions in Greek

Chaida¹,

Sotiriou²,

Kontostavlaki³

2019

Proceedings of International Conferences of Experimental Linguistics

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“…In polar questions, on the other hand, there is no tonal expansion of focus asignment but a rise-falling shape at the right edge (e.g. Chaida 2010).…”

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Intonation and polar questions in Greek revisited

Botinis¹,

Chaida²,

Nikolaenkova³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of International Conferences of Experimental Linguistics

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This is a study of intonation and polar questions in Greek. The results indicate that there is a rising-falling tonal structure at the right edge of polar questions. However, the alignment of both tonal rising and tonal peak depend on the position of focus as well as lexical stress. Thus, in the context of initial and medial focus productions, the tonal rising is aligned with the onset of the final stressed syllable whereas, in the context of final focus production, the tonal rising is aligned with the onset of the last syllable regardless of the position of lexical stress. On the other hand, the tonal peak is aligned with the post-stressed syllable in the context of initial and medial focus productions whereas, in the context of final focus production, the tonal peak is aligned with the nucleus of the last syllable. However, the earlier the lexical stress production, the earlier the tonal rising as well as the tonal peak in all focus contexts.

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“…In general, intonation has been shown to contribute to the production and perception of sentence type contrasts in many languages (e.g. Chaida 2008, Makarova 2001, Thorsen, 1980.…”

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Perceptual cues for sentence intonation in Greek

Chaida¹

2019

ExLing 2010: Proceedings of 3rd Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics,

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This is a study of intonational cues for the perception of statements and polar questions in Greek. A two-part experiment was conducted with synthetic stimuli with manipulated intonation targets in stress groups, from statement to question and vice versa. According to the results, the critical perceptual cue is the boundary tone, which led listeners to identify stimuli as the reverse sentence type (81-100%). However, the perception of intonational contrasts may be based on holistic contours.

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Prosodic perception of sentence types in Greek

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Intonation and polar questions in Greek

Intonation and polar questions in Greek

Intonation and polar questions in Greek revisited

Perceptual cues for sentence intonation in Greek

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