Intonation and focus marking in Kakataibo

This paper explores experimentally the prosodic correlates, namely f0 and pause insertion, of focus marking in the San Alejandro dialect of Kakataibo (Pano). By examining sentences with all-new focus, narrow focus (on the subject, object and adjunct) and predicate focus, it is observed that the high...

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Main Author:	Daniel Valle
Format:	Article
Language:	Portuguese
Published:	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2015-04-01
Series:	Revista Linguística
Online Access:	https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/rl/article/view/4607

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spelling	doaj-9c3dddc8379a4b8d84b1c088ea7bbc842020-11-24T21:42:04ZporUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroRevista Linguística1808-835X2238-975X2015-04-011023206Intonation and focus marking in KakataiboDaniel Valle0UTexasThis paper explores experimentally the prosodic correlates, namely f0 and pause insertion, of focus marking in the San Alejandro dialect of Kakataibo (Pano). By examining sentences with all-new focus, narrow focus (on the subject, object and adjunct) and predicate focus, it is observed that the higher f0 falls at the beginning of the sentence in the first two types of focus sentences but occurs at the end of the sentence in predicate focus. In addition, a pause occurs after the first constituent in sentence and narrow focus, but is much less frequent in predicate focus.https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/rl/article/view/4607
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title	Intonation and focus marking in Kakataibo
title_short	Intonation and focus marking in Kakataibo
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publisher	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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description	This paper explores experimentally the prosodic correlates, namely f0 and pause insertion, of focus marking in the San Alejandro dialect of Kakataibo (Pano). By examining sentences with all-new focus, narrow focus (on the subject, object and adjunct) and predicate focus, it is observed that the higher f0 falls at the beginning of the sentence in the first two types of focus sentences but occurs at the end of the sentence in predicate focus. In addition, a pause occurs after the first constituent in sentence and narrow focus, but is much less frequent in predicate focus.
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Intonation and focus marking in Kakataibo

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