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Grice, Martine ORCID: 0000-0003-4973-4059, Savino, Michelina, Lialiou, Maria ORCID: 0000-0002-9788-1443, Albert, Aviad ORCID: 0000-0002-2428-5587 and Schumacher, Petra ORCID: 0000-0003-0263-8502 (2025). The perception of post-focal prominence is (also) a matter of linguistic structure. Journal of the International Phonetic Association. pp. 1-22. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 0025-1003

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Abstract

This paper reports on a web-based experiment to investigate the perception of prominence in words with different focus structures in Italian. In the experiment, native listeners of the Bari variety of Italian, and German learners of Italian, rated the perceived prominence of object nouns in broad and narrow focus and post-focally using a visual analogue scale. Although both groups of listeners rated words in narrow focus as higher in prominence than words in broad focus, there were differences between the two groups in rating post-focal words. While German learners rated post-focal words as less prominent than those in broad focus, native Italian listeners perceived words in both of these conditions as equally prominent. The Italian ratings are particularly striking, as post-focal words had flat pitch and were weaker in terms of periodic energy mass than words in broad focus, leading to the conclusion that the native listeners were rating the words by taking their knowledge of the prosodic system of Italian into account. Our results confirm phonological accounts of Italian as having post-focal accents, even when the pitch is flat.

Item Type:	Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Grice, Martine UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4973-4059 UNSPECIFIED Savino, Michelina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lialiou, Maria UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9788-1443 UNSPECIFIED Albert, Aviad UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2428-5587 UNSPECIFIED Schumacher, Petra UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0263-8502 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-799251
Identification Number:	10.1017/S0025100325100479
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of the International Phonetic Association
Page Range:	pp. 1-22
Number of Pages:	22
Date:	20 August 2025
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0025-1003
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 1: Kunstgeschichte, Musikwissenschaft, Medienkultur und Theater, Linguistik, Digital Humanities > Institut für Linguistik (IfL) Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 1: Kunstgeschichte, Musikwissenschaft, Medienkultur und Theater, Linguistik, Digital Humanities > Institut für Linguistik (IfL) > Abteilung für Phonetik (PHO)
Subjects:	Language, Linguistics
['eprint_fieldname_oa_funders' not defined]:	Publikationsfonds UzK
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/79925