Prosody as a genre-distinguishing feature in Ahtna: A quantitative approach
This article is a quantitative examination of the function of prosody in distinguishing between the genres of oral performance and expository discourse in Ahtna, an Athabascan language of south-central Alaska. Within the framework of the intonation unit (e.g., Chafe 1987) I examine features of proso...
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ftunivhawaiimano:oai:scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:10125/51897 2023-05-15T13:07:27+02:00 Prosody as a genre-distinguishing feature in Ahtna: A quantitative approach Berez, Andrea L. 2011 28 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10125/51897 en-US eng John Benjamins Publishing Company Berez, Andrea L. 2011. Prosody as a genre-distinguishing feature in Ahtna: A quantitative approach. Functions of Language 18(2): 210-236. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/51897 Linguistics Article Text 2011 ftunivhawaiimano 2022-07-17T13:02:48Z This article is a quantitative examination of the function of prosody in distinguishing between the genres of oral performance and expository discourse in Ahtna, an Athabascan language of south-central Alaska. Within the framework of the intonation unit (e.g., Chafe 1987) I examine features of prosody related to both timing (intonation unit length and duration, pause duration and distribution, and syllable pacing) and pitch (pitch reset, boundary tones, and intonational phrasing). I show to a statistically significant degree that most of the prosodic burden of distinguishing genre is carried by a particular intonation contour that is associated with Ahtna oral performance and causes several measurable distinctions between genres. Article in Journal/Newspaper ahtna Athabascan Alaska ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa |
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This article is a quantitative examination of the function of prosody in distinguishing between the genres of oral performance and expository discourse in Ahtna, an Athabascan language of south-central Alaska. Within the framework of the intonation unit (e.g., Chafe 1987) I examine features of prosody related to both timing (intonation unit length and duration, pause duration and distribution, and syllable pacing) and pitch (pitch reset, boundary tones, and intonational phrasing). I show to a statistically significant degree that most of the prosodic burden of distinguishing genre is carried by a particular intonation contour that is associated with Ahtna oral performance and causes several measurable distinctions between genres. |
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Prosody as a genre-distinguishing feature in Ahtna: A quantitative approach |
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Prosody as a genre-distinguishing feature in Ahtna: A quantitative approach |
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Prosody as a genre-distinguishing feature in Ahtna: A quantitative approach |
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