The Intonation Of Expectations

Author : Jan Fliessbach
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 302 pages
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Release : 2023-06-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961104130

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This book provides a new perspective on prosodically marked declaratives, wh-exclamatives, and discourse particles in the Madrid variety of Spanish. It argues that some marked forms differ from unmarked forms in that they encode modal evaluations of the at-issue meaning. Two epistemic evaluations that can be shown to be encoded by intonation in Spanish are obviousness and mirativity, which present the at-issue meaning as expected and unexpected, respectively. An empirical investigation via a production experiment finds that they are associated with distinct intonational features under constant focus scope, with stances of (dis)agreement showing an impact on obvious declaratives. Wh-exclamatives are found not to differ significantly in intonational marking from neutral declaratives, showing that they need not be miratives. Moreover, we find that intonational marking on different discourse particles in natural dialogue correlates with their meaning contribution without being fully determined by it. In part, these findings quantitatively confirm previous qualitative findings on the meaning of intonational configurations in Madrid Spanish. But they also add new insights on the role intonation plays in the negotiation of commitments and expectations between interlocutors.

Author : Jan Fliessbach
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783985540716

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The intonation of expectations by Jan Fliessbach Pdf

This book provides a new perspective on prosodically marked declaratives, wh-exclamatives, and discourse particles in the Madrid variety of Spanish. It argues that some marked forms differ from unmarked forms in that they encode modal evaluations of the at-issue meaning. Two epistemic evaluations that can be shown to be encoded by intonation in Spanish are obviousness and mirativity, which present the at-issue meaning as expected and unexpected, respectively. An empirical investigation via a production experiment finds that they are associated with distinct intonational features under constant focus scope, with stances of (dis)agreement showing an impact on obvious declaratives. Wh-exclamatives are found not to differ significantly in intonational marking from neutral declaratives, showing that they need not be miratives. Moreover, we find that intonational marking on different discourse particles in natural dialogue correlates with their meaning contribution without being fully determined by it. In part, these findings quantitatively confirm previous qualitative findings on the meaning of intonational configurations in Madrid Spanish. But they also add new insights on the role intonation plays in the negotiation of commitments and expectations between interlocutors.

Author : Terence Moore,Christine Carling
Publisher : Springer
Page : 230 pages
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Release : 1982-10-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781349168958

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Understanding Language by Terence Moore,Christine Carling Pdf

Author : Dalia Cohen,Ruth Katz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 534 pages
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Release : 2006-01-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 0226112985

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Palestinian Arab Music by Dalia Cohen,Ruth Katz Pdf

Sound disc consists of digitally remastered musical selections originally recorded by the authors.

Author : Donna Coch,Kurt W. Fischer,Geraldine Dawson
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 433 pages
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Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781606239681

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Human Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain by Donna Coch,Kurt W. Fischer,Geraldine Dawson Pdf

Synthesizing the breadth of current knowledge on brain behavior relationships in atypically developing children, this important volume integrates theories and data from multiple disciplines. Leading authorities present their latest research on specific clinical problems, including autism, Williams syndrome, learning and language disabilities, ADHD, and issues facing infants of diabetic mothers. In addition, the effects of social stress and maltreatment on brain development and behavior are thoroughly reviewed. Demonstrating the uses of cuttingedge methods from developmental neuroscience, developmental psychology, and cognitive science, the contributors emphasize the implications of their findings for real-world educational and clinical practices.

Author : Thomas Holtgraves
Publisher : Oxford Library of Psychology
Page : 569 pages
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Release : 2014
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199838639

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The Oxford Handbook of Language and Social Psychology by Thomas Holtgraves Pdf

This title provides an innovative compilation of research that lies at the intersection of language and social psychology. The contributors address the role of social processes in language, the linguistic underpinnings of social psychological processes, the creation of meaning, and the important role played by language and social psychology in applied topics.

Author : John M. Levis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 319 pages
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Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108416627

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Intelligibility, Oral Communication, and the Teaching of Pronunciation by John M. Levis Pdf

An intelligibility-based approach to teaching that presents pronunciation as critical, yet neglected, in communicative language teaching.

Author : Georgi Lozanov
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 503 pages
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Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135307103

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Suggestology by Georgi Lozanov Pdf

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Reuven Tsur
Publisher : Apollo Books
Page : 492 pages
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Release : 2012
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1845195256

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Poetic Rhythm by Reuven Tsur Pdf

This research is an instrumental investigation of a theory of rhythmical performance of poetry, originally propounded speculatively in author Reuven Tsur's A Perception-Oriented Theory of Metre (1977). "Iambic pentameter" means that there is a verse unit consisting of an unstressed and a stressed syllable (in this order), and that the verse line consists of five such units. In the first 165 verse lines of Paradise Lost, there are two such lines. The theory takes up one of the central issues in metrical studies: all criteria for metricality hitherto proposed have been violated by the greatest masters of musicality in English poetry. The question arises, how do we recognize two verse lines that are very different in their structures as instances of the same abstract pattern of, e.g., iambic pentameter, and how do we distinguish a metrical from an unmetrical line? One great difference between this theory of meter and others concerns the status of deviation. Most theoreticians deploy a battery of tools to make deviant stress patterns conform with metric pattern. Only when all attempts fail do they speak of "tension." When they succeed, they blur the distinction between, for example, Milton's and Pope's metrical styles. Or else, they have formulated different rules of metricality for Shakespeare and Milton. This theory assumes that when the versification patterns and linguistic patterns conflict, they can be accommodated in a pattern of "Rhythmical Performance" - namely, one in which the conflicting patterns are simultaneously perceptible. There are scales of mounting difficulties of mismatches, on which each poet (and each theorist) draws at different points the boundary of what is acceptable. Reuven Tsur's revised and expanded second edition (original publication, Peter Lang, 1986) is essential reading for all scholars and students involved in versification and Cognitive Poetics.

Author : Gerard O'Grady
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441174444

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A Grammar of Spoken English Discourse by Gerard O'Grady Pdf

David Brazil's pioneering work on the grammar of spoken discourse ended at A Grammar Of Speech (1995) due to his untimely death. Gerard O'Grady picks up the baton in this book and tests the description of used language against a spoken corpus. He incorporates findings from the last decade of corpus linguistics study, notably concerning phrases and lexical items larger than single orthographic words and ellipsis. He demonstrates the added communicative significance that the incorporation of two systems of intonation ('Key' and 'Termination') bring to the grammar. O'Grady reviews the literature and covers the theory before moving on to a practical, analytic section. His final chapter reviews the arguments, maps the road ahead and lays out the practical applications of the grammar. The book will be of great interest to researchers in applied linguistics, discourse analysis and also EFL/ESL.

Author : Basil Hatim,Ian Mason
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134817153

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The Translator As Communicator by Basil Hatim,Ian Mason Pdf

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Holly Mikkelson,Renée Jourdenais
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317595014

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The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting by Holly Mikkelson,Renée Jourdenais Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting provides a comprehensive survey of the field of interpreting for a global readership. The handbook includes an introduction and four sections with thirty one chapters by leading international contributors. The four sections cover: The history and evolution of the field The core areas of interpreting studies from conference interpreting to interpreting in conflict zones and voiceover Current issues and debates from ethics and the role of the interpreter to the impact of globalization A look to the future Suggestions for further reading are provided with every chapter. The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting is an essential reference for researchers and advanced students of interpreting.

Author : Sun-Ah Jun
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199567300

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Prosodic Typology II by Sun-Ah Jun Pdf

This text illustrates an approach to prosodic typology through descriptions of the intonation and the prosodic structure of 13 typologically different languages based on the same theoretical framework and the transcription system of prosody known as Tones and Break Indices (ToBI).

Author : Karin Beijering,Gunther Kaltenböck,María Sol Sansiñena
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110638288

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Insubordination by Karin Beijering,Gunther Kaltenböck,María Sol Sansiñena Pdf

Insubordinate clauses present a challenge for grammatical analysis. This is owed to their unusual combination of subordinate structure with main clause use. This volume brings together a collection of articles on the form and function of insubordination in a range of languages – providing an up-to-date overview of current research on the topic.

Author : Elly Ifantidou,Louis de Saussure,Tim Wharton
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027259592

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Beyond Meaning by Elly Ifantidou,Louis de Saussure,Tim Wharton Pdf

Despite the fact that they are often crucial to our understanding, the vague, ineffable elements of language use and communication have received much less attention from linguists than the more concrete, effable ones. This has left a range of important questions unanswered. How might we account for the communication of non-propositional phenomena such as moods, emotions and impressions? What type of cognitive response do these phenomena trigger, if not conceptual or propositional? Do creative metaphors and unknown words in second languages and other ‘pointers’ to ‘conceptual regions’ communicate concepts learned from language alone? How might the descriptive ineffability of interjections, free indirect speech etc. be accommodated within a theory of communication? What of those working on the aesthetics of artworks, music and literature? What can evolution tell us about ineffability? The papers in this volume address these fascinating questions head-on. They represent a range of different attempts to answer them and, in so doing, allow us to pose exciting new questions. The aim, to bring the ineffable firmly within the grasp of theoretical pragmatics.