Understanding Prosody: The Role of Context, Function and Communication (Language, Context and Cognition, 13) - Hardcover

 
9783110301250: Understanding Prosody: The Role of Context, Function and Communication (Language, Context and Cognition, 13)

Synopsis

The volume represents a state-of-the-art snapshot of the research on prosody for phoneticians, linguists and speech technologists. It covers well-known models and languages. How are prosodies linked to speech sounds? What are the relations between prosody and grammar? What does speech perception tell us about prosody, particularly about the constituting elements of intonation and rhythm? The papers of the volume address questions like these with a special focus on how the notion of context-based coding, the knowledge of prosodic functions and the communicative embedding of prosodic elements can advance our understanding of prosody.

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About the Author

Oliver Niebuhr, University of Kiel, Germany.

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