Double contrast is signalled by prenuclear and nuclear accent types alone, not by f0-plateaux

Braun, Bettina; Asano, Yuki

Double contrast is signalled by prenuclear and nuclear accent types alone, not by f0-plateaux

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2013

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INTERSPEECH 2013 : 14th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association ; Lyon, France, August 25 - 29, 2013 / Bimbot, F. et al. (ed.). - Baixas : ISCA Archive, 2013. - pp. 263-266. - ISSN 2308-457X

Abstract

In two speeded acceptability experiments we tested which combination of prenuclear accent, nuclear accent and f0-interpolation between them is best suited to signal a double contrast in German (i.e., a contrastive topic followed by a contrastive focus). The experimental utterances differed in the prenuclear accent (medial- vs. late-peak, i.e., L+H* vs. L*+H), the nuclear accent (early- vs. medial-peak, i.e., H+L* vs. H*) and the f0-interpolation between them (high or dipping). All utterances were judged for their acceptability in a contrastive (Experiment 1) and a non-contrastive context (control Experiment 2). Our results showed that the combination of a late-peak prenuclear accent (L*+H) and an early-peak nuclear accent (H+L*) is best suited to signal a double contrast, independent of the f0-interpolation. The reaction time data also support the view that the f0-interpolation is not necessary for the interpretation of a double contrast.

Subject (DDC)

400 Philology, Linguistics

Keywords

contrast,perception,intonation,information structure

Conference

INTERSPEECH 2013, Aug 25, 2013 - Aug 29, 2013, Lyon, France

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BRAUN, Bettina, Yuki ASANO, 2013. Double contrast is signalled by prenuclear and nuclear accent types alone, not by f0-plateaux. INTERSPEECH 2013. Lyon, France, Aug 25, 2013 - Aug 29, 2013. In: BIMBOT, F., ed. and others. INTERSPEECH 2013 : 14th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association ; Lyon, France, August 25 - 29, 2013. Baixas:ISCA Archive, pp. 263-266. ISSN 2308-457X

BibTex

@inproceedings{Braun2013Doubl-25467,
  year={2013},
  title={Double contrast is signalled by prenuclear and nuclear accent types alone, not by f0-plateaux},
  issn={2308-457X},
  publisher={ISCA Archive},
  address={Baixas},
  booktitle={INTERSPEECH 2013 : 14th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association ; Lyon, France, August 25 - 29, 2013},
  pages={263--266},
  editor={Bimbot, F.},
  author={Braun, Bettina and Asano, Yuki}
}

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