Prosodic studies : challenges and prospects /

"Prosody is one of the core components of language and speech, indicating the information about syntax, turn-taking in conversation, types of utterance, such as questions or statements, as well as speakers' attitudes and feelings. This edited volume takes studies in prosody on Asian langua...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Qian, Youyong (Editor), Zhang, Hongming (College teacher) (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020
Series:Routledge studies in Chinese linguistics
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Figures; Tables; List of Contributors; Introduction; Bibliography; Part I Prosodic hierarchy; 1 Life after the Strict Layer Hypothesis: Prosodic structure geometry; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The prosodic hierarchy and the role of the Strict Layer Hypothesis; 1.2.1 Prosodic constituents; 1.2.2 The Strict Layer Hypothesis; 1.2.2.1 Pros of the SLH; 1.2.2.2 Cons of the SLH; 1.3 Weakening the SLH; 1.3.1 Skipping levels; 1.3.2 Recursion; 1.3.3 Assessing the modifications; 1.3.3.1 Assessment of skipping levels
  • 1.3.3.2 Assessment of recursion1.3.3.3 The proliferation concern; 1.4 Restricting prosodic structure again
  • I; 1.4.1 Proliferation of constituents and recursion; 1.4.2 Parsing stray elements; 1.5 Restricting prosodic structure again: The role of the Composite Group; 1.5.1 A distinct constituent between the phonological word and phonological phrase: The Composite Group; 1.5.2 Composite Prosody Model geometry: General properties; 1.5.3 Composite Prosody Model geometry: Morphological interface properties; 1.5.4 Test cases: More complex structures
  • 1.6 Discussion: Prosodic structure geometry or geometries?1.6.1 Prosodic constituents and types of phonological phenomena; 1.6.2 Unified prosodic structure geometry/geometries; 1.7 Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; 2 The Revised Max Onset: Syllabification and stress in English; 2.1 Syllabification and syllable weight; 2.2 Proposals of word stress in English; 2.2.1 Deterministic assignment of word stress; 2.2.2 Non-deterministic assignment of word stress; 2.2.2.1 Burzio's analysis; 2.2.2.2 The present analysis; 2.3 A set of criteria; 2.4 Why does Max Onset ignore the LOF?; 2.5 Conclusions