L'intonation montante en français spontané : Continuation vs. Question
Rising intonation in spontaneous French: Continuation vs. Question
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Summary, in English
Continuation statements and polar questions in conversational French are typically both produced with final rising intonation. This study shows that several pitch, duration, and intensity cues can distinguish the two utterance types over chance level. Nevertheless, we see a lot of phonetic overlap between the two. Rather than assuming two distinct rising intonation contour types for French, we propose that the variation in phonetic detail relates to interactional factors (e.g., turn-taking and speech-act type).
Department/s
- Master's Programme: Language and Linguistics
Publishing year
2013
Language
French
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Document type
Student publication for Master's degree (two years)
Topic
- Languages and Literatures
Keywords
- spontaneous conversation
- French
- polar questions
- question intonation
- rising intonation
Supervisor
- Paul Touati (Professor)
- Francisco Torreira (Dr.)