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Parentheticals are a fascinating way of interrupting spoken and written utterances. This paper focuses on prosodic aspects of the analysis of such constructions in contemporary German. The investigation starts with a discussion of the prosodic features relevant to the study of parentheticals such as...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2007.
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| Colección: | Linguistik aktuell ;
Bd. 106. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Parentheticals are a fascinating way of interrupting spoken and written utterances. This paper focuses on prosodic aspects of the analysis of such constructions in contemporary German. The investigation starts with a discussion of the prosodic features relevant to the study of parentheticals such as discussed in previous literature - intensity, articulation rate, fundamental frequency, pauses, and intonation contours - and, drawing on these features, goes on to discuss data from recent parliamentary debates. The results show that future prosodic studies should focus on the transition zone betw. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027291998 9027291993 9027233705 9789027233707 1282152645 9781282152649 9786612152641 6612152648 |