Aspects of English Prosody: A Dissertation |
Common terms and phrases
A-rise contour adverbs Alan Prince gave argued assigned assume assumption Bolinger Bolinger's British Chapter Chomsky claim Class O contour Class O expressions clause Consider the following context contradiction contour contrastive stress Default Accent destressing discourse discussed domain Elephantiasis isn't incurable Emonds English fact following examples following sentences fundamental frequency gave his students given implied contrast indicated intonation contours intonation phrase John Goldsmith Ladd Ladd's Liberman major contours Mark Liberman metrical structure metrical tree Noun Phrase Prominence nuclear syllable nuclear tones nucleus O'Connor and Arnold obligatory phrase boundaries occur parenthetical pattern of prominence phonological phrase phonology problem possible pre-head predicts prenuclear tones presupposition primary contour primary stress prominence tones proposed prosody question representation rising boundary tone semantic interpretation sentence envelope sentence final sentence stress sentence-initial sequences sister speaker stressed syllable students a phonology suggests system of prominence tone markers Tune underlying representation utterance verbs vocatives