韵律学和英语的韵律结构ProsodyandEnglishProsodicStructure

1、prosodyphoneticthe acoustic parameters whichprovide evidence for prosodic organization.phonologicalthe constituents of thehierarchical organization. 50100150200250300350400i met mary and elenas mother at the mall yesterdaymary & elenas mothermall(from vendetti 2001)50100150200250300350400i met m

2、ary and elenas mother at the mall yesterdaymarymallelenas motherseparate phrases, with expanded pitch movements(from vendetti 2001).nthe hierarchical organization of segments into constituents. norganization is determined by relative prominences at each level of structurenprominence at the word leve

3、l:ndistinguishes stressed syllables from unstressed syllables. nsuprasegmental features: stress, length, nprominences at the sentence level:ndivides utterances into phrasal chunksnpitch accents, boundary tones, lengthnstress is cued by duration and/or amplitude at the word level.nstressed syllables

4、are longer and louder.50100150200250300350400legumes are a good source of vitamins(from vendetti 2001)nstress is cued by f0 (pitch) at the phrase level (i.e., pitch accents).nstressed words have pitch accents.50100150200250300350400legumes are a good source of vitamins(from vendetti 2001)legumes are a good source of vitamins50100150200250300350400(from vendetti 2001) th a t ones for m a r i a nna. th a t ones for m a r i a nna. intonational phraseintermediate phrase intermediate phrasede-accented post-nuclear domainphras