Year: 2010
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This production study examines the prosodic means of encoding contrast in Hindi.Different target words were embedded in carrier sentences and were put in two information structural contexts, wide and contrastive focus.Contrary to what is expected from earlier findings Hindi uses prosodic means of expressing contrast on the focused word, namely an increase in pitch span and duration.These results may contribute to the understanding of intonational phonology and to the prosodic classification of Hindi.
Source: Speech prosody
Authors: Susanne Genzel, Frank Kügler
Institution: University of Potsdam
Language: Italian
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Award: G6669083015
OpenAlex ID: W4390933145