Compound Stress in English : : The Phonetics and Phonology of Prosodic Prominence / / Gero Kunter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Kunter, Gero,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Linguistische Arbeiten , 539
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; 1 Introduction --; 2 Compounds, stress and prominence: concepts and issues --; 3 The corpus --; 4 Perception of compound prominence patterns --; 5 Acoustic correlates of compound prominence --; 6 Classification and prediction of compound prominence patterns --; 7 What determines compound prominence patterns? --; 8 Within- and across-speaker variation --; 9 Conclusion --; A Introduction to linear regression and mixed-effects models --; B NOUN + NOUN compounds used in the variability study --; References
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110254709; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110261189; 9783110261233; 9783110261226; 9783110261240
• ISSN: 0344-6727
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110254709
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gero Kunter.

This volume addresses several claims about the two prominence patterns found in English nominal compounds in a rigorously empirical way. Listener proficiency to identify these patterns is investigated, and the acoustic properties that distinguish the patterns are identified. These properties are used to predict statistically the prominence pattern of any given compound. The book further analyzes the semantic and structural factors influencing the distribution of the prominence patterns, and addresses the extent of within- and across-speaker variability in English compound stress assignment.