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Prosodic boundaries and discourse structure in Kammu

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Author

Editor

  • Mattias Heldner

Summary, in English

The main function of sentence intonation in Kammu is to mark prosodic boundaries. There is no additional tonal marking of focus. It is of particular in- terest that the underlying intonation system is the same for both tonal (Northern Kammu) and non-tonal (Eastern Kammu) dialects. Prosodic boundaries in Kammu have three func- tions: they mark prosodic phrases, focus and speaker engagement. In this study we show that relationships between boundaries in terms of upstepping or its absence interact with information and discourse structure. This relationship has the same pattern in both tonal and non-tonal Kammu.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

71-76

Publication/Series

Proceedings from FONETIK 2014 Stockholm, June 9-11, 2014 (Perilus 24)

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Stockholm University

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Conference name

Fonetik 2014

Conference date

2014-06-09 - 2014-06-11

Conference place

Stockholm

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0282-6690
  • ISBN: 9789163756627
  • ISBN: 9789163756634