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Representation of speech in CorpAfroAs

Transcriptional strategies and prosodic units
  • Shlomo Izre’el and Amina Mettouchi
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Corpus-based Studies of Lesser-described Languages
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Abstract

This paper surveys the transcriptional aspects of CorpAfroAs, a spoken corpus of Afroasiatic languages, with a focus on the representation of phonemes, morphemes, words, and longer units. We discuss the distinction between prosodic, phonological and morphosyntactic word, as well as that between intonation unit, paratone and period. Segmentation and transcription choices are analyzed and their outcome in terms of scientific breakthroughs is presented : the comparison between phonological and morphosyntactic word allows the systematic study of sandhi and other similar phenomena, and of the syntax/phonology interface. The segmentation into prosodic units allows the study of interfaces with syntax, information structure, and discourse.

Abstract

This paper surveys the transcriptional aspects of CorpAfroAs, a spoken corpus of Afroasiatic languages, with a focus on the representation of phonemes, morphemes, words, and longer units. We discuss the distinction between prosodic, phonological and morphosyntactic word, as well as that between intonation unit, paratone and period. Segmentation and transcription choices are analyzed and their outcome in terms of scientific breakthroughs is presented : the comparison between phonological and morphosyntactic word allows the systematic study of sandhi and other similar phenomena, and of the syntax/phonology interface. The segmentation into prosodic units allows the study of interfaces with syntax, information structure, and discourse.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface 1
  4. Part 1: Phonetics, phonology and prosody
  5. Representation of speech in CorpAfroAs 13
  6. Tone and intonation 43
  7. Part 2: Interfacing prosody, information structure and syntax
  8. The intonation of topic and focus 63
  9. Quotative constructions and prosody in some Afroasiatic languages 117
  10. Part 3: Cross-linguistic comparability
  11. Glossing in Semitic languages 173
  12. From the Leipzig Glossing Rules to the GE and RX lines 207
  13. Cross-linguistic comparability in CorpAfroAs 221
  14. Functional domains and cross-linguistic comparability 257
  15. Part 4: Language contact
  16. Language contact, borrowing and codeswitching 283
  17. Part 5: Information technology
  18. ELAN-CorpA 311
  19. Language index 333
  20. Subject index 335
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.68.01izr

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface 1
  4. Part 1: Phonetics, phonology and prosody
  5. Representation of speech in CorpAfroAs 13
  6. Tone and intonation 43
  7. Part 2: Interfacing prosody, information structure and syntax
  8. The intonation of topic and focus 63
  9. Quotative constructions and prosody in some Afroasiatic languages 117
  10. Part 3: Cross-linguistic comparability
  11. Glossing in Semitic languages 173
  12. From the Leipzig Glossing Rules to the GE and RX lines 207
  13. Cross-linguistic comparability in CorpAfroAs 221
  14. Functional domains and cross-linguistic comparability 257
  15. Part 4: Language contact
  16. Language contact, borrowing and codeswitching 283
  17. Part 5: Information technology
  18. ELAN-CorpA 311
  19. Language index 333
  20. Subject index 335
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