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Structure of Spoken Language: Intonation in Romance

Structure of Spoken Language: Intonation in Romance

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Philippe Martin's book explores intonation in six Romance languages, challenging traditional phonological approaches and proposing a unified description of the sentence prosodic structure. It will be welcomed by researchers and advanced students in phonetics and phonology.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 16 May 2019
Publisher: Cambridge University Press


This captivating book delves into a highly contentious realm of phonetics and phonology, namely intonation, and explores its intricate relationship with metrics, syntax, and its attribution to phonetics or phonology. By drawing upon extensive data from six Romance languages (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, and Romanian), renowned for their rich and diverse intonation patterns, Philippe Martin challenges the prevailing assumptions of traditional phonological approaches and re-evaluates the evidence in favor of a novel usage-based model of intonation. Through his innovative insights, Martin proposes a unified description of the sentence prosodic structure, emphasizing the dynamic and cognitive aspects of both speech production and perception. This holistic approach leads to the development of a unified grammar of Romance languages' sentence intonation, offering valuable insights to researchers and advanced students in the fields of phonetics and phonology.

This captivating book delves into a highly contentious realm of phonetics and phonology, namely intonation, and explores its intricate relationship with metrics, syntax, and its attribution to phonetics or phonology. By drawing upon extensive data from six Romance languages (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, and Romanian), renowned for their rich and diverse intonation patterns, Philippe Martin challenges the prevailing assumptions of traditional phonological approaches and re-evaluates the evidence in favor of a novel usage-based model of intonation. Through his innovative insights, Martin proposes a unified description of the sentence prosodic structure, emphasizing the dynamic and cognitive aspects of both speech production and perception. This holistic approach leads to the development of a unified grammar of Romance languages' sentence intonation, offering valuable insights to researchers and advanced students in the fields of phonetics and phonology.

Weight: 476g
Dimension: 153 x 227 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108718929

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