LING 3P51 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Syllabic Consonant, Free Variation, Creaky Voice
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Ling 3p51 suprasegmentals: prosody: intonation, tempo, rhythm, timing, loudness. Includes the idea of pitch declination when we speak, we generally begin at a realtively high pitch and gradually reduce the pitch over the utterance. There are rises and falls superimposed on this general decline, their related to different types of stress. Stress: prominence/emphasis placed on syllable or word (variability here) Contrastive stress: used to deviate from usual/expected pattern on stress. Conveyed by increased pitch, increased intensity, lengthened duration. No he said not to eat the oranges. Lexical stress: stress pattern intrinsic to a word; may differentiate word forms. Martin was late for class. (how tv announcers speak ; today in toronto, workers from. New vs given information: words that present new info are high lightened (noun vs. verb) At a faster rate, something has to give (ex. camera turns into camra) unstressed syllable drops.
