Prosodic Phonology: With a New ForewordWalter de Gruyter, 2012 M03 12 - 359 pages Prosodic Phonology by Marina Nespor and Irene Vogel is now available again. "Nespor & Vogel 1986" is a citation classic - even after twenty years, it is still recognized as the standard resource on Prosodic Phonology. This groundbreaking work introduces all of the prosodic constituents (syllable, foot, word, clitic group, phonological phrase, intonational phrase and utterance) and provides evidence for each one from numerous languages. Prosodic Phonology also includes a chapter in which experimental psycholinguistic data support the proposed hierarchy. A perceptual study provides evidence that prosodic constituent structure - not syntactic constituent structure - predicts whether listeners are able to disambiguate different types of ambiguous sentences. A chapter on the phonology of poetic meter examines portions of Dante's Divine Comedy. It is demonstrated that the constituents proposed for spoken language also make interesting predictions about literary metrical patterns. Prosodic Phonology is an important reference not only for phonologists, but for all linguists interested in the issue of interfaces among the components of grammar. It is also a basic resource for psycholinguists and cognitive scientists working on linguistic perception and language acquisition. |
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... Syntax ... Semantics 1.3 . Data Type of speech Phenomena ... xi xxxi 1 1 3 5 6 7 14 17 17 19 21 23 24 322 Chapter 2. Motivation for prosodic constituents 2.0 . Introduction 2.1.Phonological processes in nonphonological contexts 2.1.1 ...
... pleasant discus- sions and gave us valuable comments on the chapters most related to syntax . Pietro Beltrami , Pieter de Meijer , Costanzo Di Girolamo , Karijn Helsloot , and Helen van Hoorn made useful remarks on Preface.
... syntax and other components in all human languages , regardless of the representation of these principles . We believe that the fact that PP has weathered developments in other areas of grammar , and still provides a basis for intensive ...
... syntax . In particular , the Phonological Word and Clitic Group are discussed . Subsequently , we consider the interface with syn- tax , specifically in relation to the Phonological Phrase and Intonational Phrase . General conclusions ...
... syntax and phonology . 2.2 . Psycholinguistic Evidence 12 In two recent studies , Wheeldon and Lahiri ( W & L ) have proposed that the basic unit of speech production is a prosodic constituent rather than a morpho - syntactic one . On ...
Contents
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Chapter 3 The Syllable and the Foot | 61 |
Chapter 4 The Phonological Word | 109 |
Chapter 5 The Clitic Group | 145 |
Chapter 6 The Phonological Phrase | 165 |
Chapter 7 The Intonational Phrase | 187 |
Chapter 8 The Phonological Utterance | 221 |
Chapter 9 Prosodic Constituents and Disambiguation | 249 |
Chapter 10 Prosodic Domains and the Meter of the Commedia | 273 |
Chapter 11 Conclusions | 299 |
Bibliography | 305 |
Subject Index | 319 |
Language and Rule Index | 322 |
Name Index | 325 |