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Word Order, Intonation, and Prosodic Phrasing: Individual Differences in the Production and Identification of Narrow and Wide Focus in Urdu
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In: Languages; Volume 7; Issue 2; Pages: 103 (2022)
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This study investigates speaker based variation in the use of word order and intonation to mark narrow and wide focus in Urdu. The identification of focus type and position, as well as the prosodic phrasing of declarative sentences produced in the target focus conditions, is also discussed. The results of a semi-spontaneous production experiment indicated no preference for a linear position, as the focused nouns were mostly placed in situ (89%). The analysis of phonetic cues showed significant inter- and intraspeaker variation in participants’ use of longer noun duration, higher F0 peak, and wider F0 range in the narrowly focused nouns, as compared with their counterparts produced in wide focus. In the identification survey conducted online, the consistent use of phonetic cues in speech production was found to influence the correct identification of narrow focus and the position of focused nouns. Another online survey, concerning the prosodic phrasing of sentences produced in narrow and wide focus, showed participants’ slight preference for a recursive Intonational Phrase boundary on the left edge of the narrowly focused nouns. The results of both the surveys show that Urdu speakers vary in their identification of focus as well as their choice of prosodic phrasing in the target contexts. This research highlights the role of individual variation in the use of word order and phonetic cues to mark narrow and wide focus in Urdu. It also illustrates that the identification of focus type and phrasing is far from uniform. These findings have implications for the analysis of intonation in general, as this study testifies that the production and identification of intonation and prosodic phrasing are not invariable and speakers and listeners differ in their use of available linguistic means (word order vs. intonational categories), the selection, as well as the manipulation of phonetic cues.
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Keyword:
Accentual Phrase; focus identification; Hindi; Intermediate Phrase; interspeaker variation; intonation; Intonational Phrase; intraspeaker variation; narrow focus; prosodic phrasing; Urdu; wide focus; word order
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URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7020103
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Word Order, Intonation, and Prosodic Phrasing: Individual Differences in the Production and Identification of Narrow and Wide Focus in Urdu
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Prosodic Units and Intonational Grammar in French: towards a new Approach
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In: Proceedings of Speech Prosody ; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03098049 ; Proceedings of Speech Prosody, 2020, ⟨10.21437/speechprosody.2020-26⟩ (2020)
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Prosodic boundary strength guides syntactic parsing of French utterances
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In: ISSN: 1868-6354 ; Laboratory Phonology : Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology ; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01485316 ; Laboratory Phonology : Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology, De Gruyter, 2015, Vol. 6 n° 1, pp.119-146. ⟨10.1515/lp-2015-0003⟩ (2015)
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Pitch scaling and the internal structuring of the Intonation Phrase in French
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In: ISSN: 0952-6757 ; EISSN: 1469-8188 ; Phonology ; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01000333 ; Phonology, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2014, 31 (1), pp.95-122. ⟨10.1017/S0952675714000049⟩ (2014)
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Prosodic boundary effect on the syntactic parsing of French utterance fragments
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In: Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages 43 ; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01510202 ; Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages 43, Apr 2013, New York, United States (2013)
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Specific contribution of tonal and duration cues to the syntactic parsing of French
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In: Speech Prosody 6 ; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01510451 ; Speech Prosody 6, May 2012, Shanghai, China. pp.147-150 (2012)
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How many levels in French? Focus marking as evidence for prosodic hierarchy
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In: Laboratory Approaches to Romance Phonology ; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00739535 ; Laboratory Approaches to Romance Phonology, Oct 2012, Mexico, Mexico (2012)
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Using Visual Art to Teach Prepositional Phrases
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In: Quinn, Robert D.(2011). Using Visual Art to Teach Prepositional Phrases. Journal for Learning through the Arts, 7(1). doi:10.21977/D97110005. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7mh7c7p4 (2011)
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Embedded register levels and prosodic phrasing in French
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In: Proceedins of Speech Prosody ; Speech Prosody ; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00463076 ; Speech Prosody, May 2010, Chicago, United States. pp.4 (2010)
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Phonetic cues and phonological constraints in prosodic unit definition: evidence for the intermediate phrase in French
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In: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00454263 ; 2010 (2010)
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Durational Cues and Prosodic Phrasing in French: Evidence for the Intermediate Phrase
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In: Proceedings of Speech Prosody ; Speech Prosody ; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00463205 ; Speech Prosody, May 2010, Chicago, France. pp.4 (2010)
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Methods and Tools for Weak Problems of Translation ; Méthodes et outils pour les problèmes faibles de traduction
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In: https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00502192 ; Computer Science [cs]. Université Joseph-Fourier - Grenoble I, 2010. English (2010)
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Is there an Intermediate Phrase in French?
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In: Phonetics and Phonologie in Iberia ; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00433565 ; Phonetics and Phonologie in Iberia, Jun 2009, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, France (2009)
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