Compound Stress in English

The Phonetics and Phonology of Prosodic Prominence

von Gero Kunter

225 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This volume addresses several claims about the two prominence patterns found in English nominal compounds in a rigorously empirical way. Listener proficiency to identify these patterns is investigated, and the acoustic properties that distinguish the patterns are identified. These properties are used to predict statistically the prominence pattern of any given compound. The book further analyzes the semantic and structural factors influencing the distribution of the prominence patterns, and addresses the extent of within- and across-speaker variability in English compound stress assignment.

• Reihe: Linguistische Arbeiten
• Themen: Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik Phonetik, Phonologie
• ISBN: 9783110254693
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.04.2011
• Größe: 23 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: De Gruyter