Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Subject "Prosody"

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    • Jamvektseffekten En fonetisk analyse av jamvekt i nordgudbrandsdalsdialekten 

      Kristoffersen, Gjert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007)
      Level stress (Norwegian: jamvekt) is a prosodic pattern found in Norwegian and Swedish dialects which have retained mono-moraic (short) root syllables from Old Norse. In disyllables with accent 2 and short initial root ...

    • Polar question intonation in Russian speech from Moscow and Perm 

      Post, Margje; Andreeva, Bistra (Chapter, 2023)
      In Central Standard Russian, polar (yes/no) questions are typically pronounced with a high rise on the nuclear syllable, followed by a fall to low level, starting immediately or shortly after the nuclear syllable. Recent ...