Language contact and prosodic interference: nuclear configurations in Occitan and French statements of the obvious
Year: 2012
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper examines the intonation of statements of the obvious in two varieties in narrow contact, Occitan and Southern French.They are contrasted with Northern French that has developed independently.As a consequence of intense contact, conservative Southern French speakers use the same rising-falling nuclear configuration as in Occitan, whereas Northern French speakers display a rising pattern that ends in a short high plateau.Less conservative Southern French speakers, who show a tendency towards standard French, also tend to adopt the Northern French pattern but may maintain the rising-falling accent of the Occitan/Southern French contour.
Source: Speech prosody
Institutions: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Osnabrück University
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4390926617