Universität zu Köln

Mücke, Doris ORCID: 0000-0002-6217-3121 and Grice, Martine ORCID: 0000-0003-4973-4059 (2014). The effect of focus marking on supralaryngeal articulation - Is it mediated by accentuation? J. Phon., 44. S. 47 - 62. LONDON: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 0095-4470

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Abstract

In this study we explore the effects of focus-background structure on accentuation (i.e. whether a word bears a pitch accent or not) and supralaryngeal articulation, measured in terms of acoustic durations (syllable and foot durations) and lip kinematics (parameters relating to the opening gesture: duration, displacement, peak velocity and stiffness). Although words in focus were accented and those out of focus were not, there were few supralaryngeal differences between accented words when they were produced in the broad focus context and unaccented target words (out of focus). Thus, accentuation per se did not appear to lead to supralaryngeal modifications. However, there was a clear distinction between the supralaryngeal articulation of words in broad focus and those in contrastive focus. We conclude that supralaryngeal articulation in terms of acoustic duration and lip kinematics is related directly to the expression of focus structure and contrastivity, and is not, contrary to conclusions drawn in previous studies, mediated by the presence or absence of accent. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Mücke, Doris UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6217-3121 UNSPECIFIED Grice, Martine UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4973-4059 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-439158
DOI:	10.1016/j.wocn.2014.02.003
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Phon.
Volume:	44
Page Range:	S. 47 - 62
Date:	2014
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	0095-4470
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 1: Kunstgeschichte, Musikwissenschaft, Medienkultur und Theater, Linguistik, IDH > Institut für Linguistik > Phonetik
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language STRESS Multiple languages Linguistics; Language & Linguistics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/43915