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The prosody of Greek speech /

The reconstruction of the prosody of a dead language is, on the face of it, an almost impossible undertaking. However, once a general theory of prosody has been developed from reliable data in living languages, it is possible to exploit texts as sources of answers to questions that would normally be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Devine, A. M. (Andrew M.)
Otros Autores: Stephens, Laurence D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Physiology of Prosody. Neurology. Respiration. Phonation. Articulation
  • 2. The Syllable. Greek Syllable Division. Syllable Duration and Weight
  • 3. Rhythm. The Psychology of Rhythm. Rhythm in Speech. Evidence for Greek Speech Rhythm. A Theory of Greek Speech Rhythm
  • 4. Pitch. Speech Tone and Song Melody. Pitch in Accented and Unaccented Syllables
  • 5. Word Prosody. Development of the Stress Accent
  • 6. Connected Speech. Rate and Style of Speech. The Syllable in Connected Speech. Rhythm in Connected Speech
  • 7. The Appositive Group. Prosodic Domains. The Processing of Function Words. The Appositive Group. Factors Conditioning Appositive Status. Accent
  • 8. The Minor Phrase. Accent
  • 9. The Major Phrase and Utterance. The Major Phrase in Greek. Downtrends
  • 10. Topic and Focus. Topic and Focus in Greek.