The Spanish intonation of speakers of a Basque pitch-accent dialect

In this paper the main aspects of the intonation of broad focus declaratives in Lekeitio Spanish are described and analyzed. In this variety, accents are realized as pitch rises rather than falls, similarly to Standard Peninsular Spanish and unlike in Lekeitio Basque, the other native language of th...

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Autor principal:	Gorka Elordieta
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Lenguaje:	CA EN
Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2003
Materias:	Spanish intonation bitonal accents peak alignment Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:dd752b28b27c4f52a377dcd60b7ed1122021-11-27T10:49:24ZThe Spanish intonation of speakers of a Basque pitch-accent dialect10.5565/rev/catjl.441695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/dd752b28b27c4f52a377dcd60b7ed1122003-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/44https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719In this paper the main aspects of the intonation of broad focus declaratives in Lekeitio Spanish are described and analyzed. In this variety, accents are realized as pitch rises rather than falls, similarly to Standard Peninsular Spanish and unlike in Lekeitio Basque, the other native language of these speakers. Accentual valleys are aligned before the onset of the stressed syllable, except in final position in the utterance. Accentual peaks are aligned before the offset of the accented syllable, with an earlier alignment in accents in the object phrase. At the end of the subject phrase, peaks display later alignment. The number of unstressed syllables intervening between accents seems to affect F0 valley and peak alignment for certain positions. For non-object positions, F0 valleys align earlier as more unstressed syllables intervene between accents, and for the final position in the subject, F0 peaks align later as more unstressed syllables intervene between accents.Gorka ElordietaUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaarticleSpanish intonationbitonal accentspeak alignmentPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 2 (2003)
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topic	Spanish intonation bitonal accents peak alignment Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Spanish intonation bitonal accents peak alignment Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Gorka Elordieta The Spanish intonation of speakers of a Basque pitch-accent dialect
description	In this paper the main aspects of the intonation of broad focus declaratives in Lekeitio Spanish are described and analyzed. In this variety, accents are realized as pitch rises rather than falls, similarly to Standard Peninsular Spanish and unlike in Lekeitio Basque, the other native language of these speakers. Accentual valleys are aligned before the onset of the stressed syllable, except in final position in the utterance. Accentual peaks are aligned before the offset of the accented syllable, with an earlier alignment in accents in the object phrase. At the end of the subject phrase, peaks display later alignment. The number of unstressed syllables intervening between accents seems to affect F0 valley and peak alignment for certain positions. For non-object positions, F0 valleys align earlier as more unstressed syllables intervene between accents, and for the final position in the subject, F0 peaks align later as more unstressed syllables intervene between accents.
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title	The Spanish intonation of speakers of a Basque pitch-accent dialect
title_short	The Spanish intonation of speakers of a Basque pitch-accent dialect
title_full	The Spanish intonation of speakers of a Basque pitch-accent dialect
title_fullStr	The Spanish intonation of speakers of a Basque pitch-accent dialect
title_full_unstemmed	The Spanish intonation of speakers of a Basque pitch-accent dialect
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publisher	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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The Spanish intonation of speakers of a Basque pitch-accent dialect

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