The Intonation of Givenness: Evidence from German

Stefan Baumann

Published by Max Niemeyer Verlag 2006

The Intonation of Givenness

Evidence from German

Copia librorum. The history of imaginary libraries 1580--1630.

Stefan Baumann

Volume 508 in the series Linguistische Arbeiten

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110921205

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This book addresses students and researchers of phonetics/phonology, and the semantics and pragmatics of discourse. It employs an autosegmental-metrical model of intonation to investigate the marking of aspects of information structure, concentrating on the Given-New dimension. The empirical evidence provided here is based on German. It shows that the dichotomy of 'accented' versus 'uncaccented' corresponding to 'New' versus 'Given' information is inadequate. In fact, there is evidence that a range of pitch accent types can be mapped onto the gradient scale of Givenness degrees, with the pitch height on the accented syllable being the determining factor.

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"It is a valuable addition to our scholary library."
Stefan Baumann in: The Phonetician 1/2007

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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Max Niemeyer Verlag
Edition: Reprint 2012
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 183

eBook

Published: February 14, 2012
ISBN: 9783110921205

Hardcover

Published: August 14, 2006
ISBN: 9783484305083