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| author | Mamadou, Tajudeen |
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| contents | <p>This paper presents an analysis of the intonation of yes/no questions, statements<br>and exclamations in Ede Chaabe (cbj, Benin). The paper shows that yes/no <br>questions in Ede Chaabe not only have a low boundary tone (i.e. L%), but also have an<br>extended pitch lowering effect that spans over the last few syllables of the <br>utterance, unlike in statements. The presence of the extended lowering in yes/no <br>questions is what differentiates them from exclamations with which they share the low<br>boundary tone. The L% is shown to be locally accommodated on the utterance-final<br>syllable, whereas the extended pitch lowering effect is superposed on the last few<br>syllables of the utterance. The extent of the extended lowering is experimentally<br>shown to vary as a function of utterance length, with potential prosodic phrasing<br>effects. The paper further argues that superposition in Ede Chaabe is <br>phonological, and best analyzed independently of the boundary tone it co-occurs with. The<br>implications of the results for existing models of intonation are discussed.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Tone-intonation interactions in Ede Chaabe Mamadou, Tajudeen <p>This paper presents an analysis of the intonation of yes/no questions, statements<br>and exclamations in Ede Chaabe (cbj, Benin). The paper shows that yes/no <br>questions in Ede Chaabe not only have a low boundary tone (i.e. L%), but also have an<br>extended pitch lowering effect that spans over the last few syllables of the <br>utterance, unlike in statements. The presence of the extended lowering in yes/no <br>questions is what differentiates them from exclamations with which they share the low<br>boundary tone. The L% is shown to be locally accommodated on the utterance-final<br>syllable, whereas the extended pitch lowering effect is superposed on the last few<br>syllables of the utterance. The extent of the extended lowering is experimentally<br>shown to vary as a function of utterance length, with potential prosodic phrasing<br>effects. The paper further argues that superposition in Ede Chaabe is <br>phonological, and best analyzed independently of the boundary tone it co-occurs with. The<br>implications of the results for existing models of intonation are discussed.</p> |
| title | Tone-intonation interactions in Ede Chaabe |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16875456 |