Prosody in Language Contact: Occitan and French

Sichel-Bazin, Rafèu; Buthke, Carolin; Meisenburg, Trudel

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-45168-7_5

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“…One last issue that emerged from the present data was the question of whether the presence of the particles ( piko, pio, pa or será que ) has any influence on the F0 contour in ParSp. A certain degree of correlation between intonation patterns (falling contours) and the use of question marker Est-ce que in French yes/no questions has been reported by Sichel-Bazin (2015, pp. 243–244).…”

Section: Non-intonational Properties Of Yes/no Questions In Parspmentioning

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Intonational and Syntactic Innovations in a Language Contact Situation: An Explorative Study of Yes/No Questions in Paraguayan Guarani–Spanish Bilinguals

Pešková

2022

Lang Speech

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Whereas the intonation of Spanish varieties has received considerable attention in the past few decades, the research has so far not included the variety of Spanish spoken in Paraguay, where intensive language contact between the Indigenous Guarani language and Spanish since the 16th century has led to widespread bilingualism. This study compares the F0 patterns of yes/no questions in Guarani-dominant bilinguals with those of Spanish-dominant bilinguals and Spanish monolinguals, formalized within the Autosegmental-Metrical model of intonation phonology. Results show no particular differences between the three groups, with all groups producing an H+L*LH% pattern in all types of yes/no questions, the exception being counter-expectational and echo yes/no questions, which were also realized with an L+¡H* L% contour. In spite of the fact that Guarani-dominant bilinguals exhibited more tonal variation in biased yes/no questions, the findings appear on the whole to support the convergence of two intonational systems due to the long period of contact. Furthermore, both bilingual groups made use of Guarani question particles and other Guarani expressions in their productions. Interestingly, across all groups, some speakers occasionally used the calque expression ¿ Será que . . . (“Will it be that . . .?”) at the beginning of questions; this construction can be considered to have become grammaticalized as a question particle. Taken together, the intonational and syntactic innovations apparent in Paraguayan Spanish point toward language change brought about by intensive contact with Guarani and show how two levels of linguistic structure—intonation and syntax—may evolve differently.

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Section: Non-intonational Properties Of Yes/no Questions In Parspmentioning

confidence: 85%

Intonational and Syntactic Innovations in a Language Contact Situation: An Explorative Study of Yes/No Questions in Paraguayan Guarani–Spanish Bilinguals

Pešková

2022

Lang Speech

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Question intonation contours as dynamic epistemic operators

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Borràs-Comes

2017

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Variation in Breton word stress: new speakers and the influence of French

Kennard

2021

Phonology

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This paper investigates stress patterns in Breton across speakers of different ages and with different linguistic backgrounds. Centuries of contact with French have led to French influence in Breton lexis, phonology and morphosyntax, and Breton's current status as an endangered minority language makes it vulnerable to further change. Additionally, younger ‘new speakers’ of Breton, who have acquired the language through Breton-medium education, are said to transfer features from French into their Breton. Analysis of stress usage shows that older, traditional speakers use stress largely as expected, while there is a greater degree of interspeaker variation among younger, new speakers. These data are used to form a metrical analysis of stress in Breton, taking into account lexical exceptions, loanwords and the variability of younger speakers. Rather than widespread transfer of French stress patterns into Breton, some younger speakers seem to be using two competing stress systems.

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Prosody in Language Contact: Occitan and French

Cited by 36 publications

References 30 publications

Intonational and Syntactic Innovations in a Language Contact Situation: An Explorative Study of Yes/No Questions in Paraguayan Guarani–Spanish Bilinguals

Intonational and Syntactic Innovations in a Language Contact Situation: An Explorative Study of Yes/No Questions in Paraguayan Guarani–Spanish Bilinguals

Question intonation contours as dynamic epistemic operators

Variation in Breton word stress: new speakers and the influence of French

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