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Chapter 18. Syntax and prosody mapping: What and how?

The case of intonational periods and illocutionary units
  • Sylvain Kahane and Anne Lacheret-Dujour
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Rhapsodie
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Abstract

This chapter is devoted to the intonosyntactic interface, by exploring relationships between major prosodic and macrosyntactic units. It presents different kinds of mapping between intonational periods and illocutionary units, and discusses three basic constructions: alignment, when prosodic and macrosyntactic boundaries coincide; inclusion, when an intonational period groups several illocutionary units; and fragmentation, when an illocutionary unit is segmented by several intonational periods. We also exhibit a singular case of matching, called desynchronization, when neither prosodic boundaries nor macrosyntactic boundaries coincide with each other. These different patterns are discussed in the light of functional and discourse constraints.

Abstract

This chapter is devoted to the intonosyntactic interface, by exploring relationships between major prosodic and macrosyntactic units. It presents different kinds of mapping between intonational periods and illocutionary units, and discusses three basic constructions: alignment, when prosodic and macrosyntactic boundaries coincide; inclusion, when an intonational period groups several illocutionary units; and fragmentation, when an illocutionary unit is segmented by several intonational periods. We also exhibit a singular case of matching, called desynchronization, when neither prosodic boundaries nor macrosyntactic boundaries coincide with each other. These different patterns are discussed in the light of functional and discourse constraints.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Chapter 1. Collecting data for the Rhapsodie treebank 7
  7. Chapter 2. Orthographic and phonetic transcriptions of Rhapsodie recording 21
  8. Chapter 3. Syntactic annotation of the Rhapsodie corpus 35
  9. Chapter 4. Microsyntactic annotation 49
  10. Chapter 5. The annotation of list structures 69
  11. Chapter 6. Macrosyntactic annotation 97
  12. Chapter 7. Annotation tools for syntax 127
  13. Chapter 8. Prosodic annotation of the Rhapsodie corpus 147
  14. Chapter 9. The annotation of syllabic prominences and disfluencies 157
  15. Chapter 10. Segmentation into intonational periods 175
  16. Chapter 11. Derivation of the prosodic structure 213
  17. Chapter 12. From pitch stylization to automatic tonal annotation of speech corpora 233
  18. Chapter 13. Tonal annotation 251
  19. Chapter 14. Tools for fundamental frequency estimation in Rhapsodie 261
  20. Chapter 15. Exploration of the Rhapsodie corpus 271
  21. Chapter 16. Macrosyntax at work 285
  22. Chapter 17. The distribution of prosodic features in the Rhapsodie corpus 315
  23. Chapter 18. Syntax and prosody mapping: What and how? 339
  24. Chapter 19. Conclusion 365
  25. References 369
  26. Subject index 393
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.89.19kah

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Chapter 1. Collecting data for the Rhapsodie treebank 7
  7. Chapter 2. Orthographic and phonetic transcriptions of Rhapsodie recording 21
  8. Chapter 3. Syntactic annotation of the Rhapsodie corpus 35
  9. Chapter 4. Microsyntactic annotation 49
  10. Chapter 5. The annotation of list structures 69
  11. Chapter 6. Macrosyntactic annotation 97
  12. Chapter 7. Annotation tools for syntax 127
  13. Chapter 8. Prosodic annotation of the Rhapsodie corpus 147
  14. Chapter 9. The annotation of syllabic prominences and disfluencies 157
  15. Chapter 10. Segmentation into intonational periods 175
  16. Chapter 11. Derivation of the prosodic structure 213
  17. Chapter 12. From pitch stylization to automatic tonal annotation of speech corpora 233
  18. Chapter 13. Tonal annotation 251
  19. Chapter 14. Tools for fundamental frequency estimation in Rhapsodie 261
  20. Chapter 15. Exploration of the Rhapsodie corpus 271
  21. Chapter 16. Macrosyntax at work 285
  22. Chapter 17. The distribution of prosodic features in the Rhapsodie corpus 315
  23. Chapter 18. Syntax and prosody mapping: What and how? 339
  24. Chapter 19. Conclusion 365
  25. References 369
  26. Subject index 393
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