Full Description
Intonational Grammar in Ibero-Romance: Approaches across linguistic subfields is a volume of empirical research papers incorporating recent theoretical, methodological, and interdisciplinary advances in the field of intonation, as they relate to the Ibero-Romance languages. The volume brings together leading experts in Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish, as well as in the intonation of Spanish in contact situations. The common thread is that each paper examines a specific topic related to the intonation of at least one Ibero-Romance language, framing the analysis in an experimental setting. The novel findings of each chapter hinge on critical connections that are made between the study of intonation and its related fields of linguistic inquiry, including syntax, pragmatics, sociophonetics, language acquisition and special populations. In this sense, the volume expands the traditional scope of Ibero-Romance intonation, including in it work on signed languages (LSC), individuals with autism spectrum disorder and individuals with Williams Syndrome. This volume establishes the precedent for researchers and advanced students who wish to explore the complexities of Ibero-Romance intonation. It also serves as a showcase of the most up-to-date methodologies in intonational research.
Contents
1. Introduction: Intonational grammar in Ibero-Romance (by Armstrong, Meghan E.); 2. Foreword: Fundamental issues in Ibero-Romance intonational research (by Hualde, Jose Ignacio); 3. Part I. Intonation, variation and contact; 4. Task-related effects in the prosody of Spanish heritage speakers and long-term immigrants (by Colantoni, Laura); 5. Pitch accent tonal alignment in declarative sentences in the Spanish of the Basque Country: A study of language contact (by Elordieta, Gorka); 6. Stylistic variation in the intonation of European Portuguese teenagers and adults (by Mata, Ana Isabel); 7. Focus and prosody in Spanish and Quechua: Insights from an interactive task (by Muntendam, Antje); 8. Part II. Intonational modeling, syntax and pragmatics; 9. Cost of the action and social distance affect the selection of question intonation in Catalan (by Astruc-Aguilera, Lluisa); 10. Intonation modeling in cross-linguistic research (by Barbosa, Plinio A.); 11. Prosody and Emotion in Brazilian Portuguese (by de Moraes, Joao Antonio); 12. The Relation between Prosody and Syntax: The case of different types of Left-Dislocations in Spanish (by Feldhausen, Ingo); 13. The intonational meaning of polar questions in Manchego Spanish spontaneous speech (by Henriksen, Nicholas); 14. Declarative utterances in Buenos Aires Spanish (by Labastia, Leopoldo Omar); 15. Towards automatic language processing and intonational labeling in European Portuguese (by Moniz, Helena); 16. Part III. Intonation, acquisition and special populations; 17. Prosodic and gestural features distinguish the intention of pointing gestures in child-directed communication (by Esteve-Gibert, Nuria); 18. Prosody in Portuguese Children with HighFunctioning Autism (by Filipe, Marisa); 19. Early Prosodic Development: Emerging intonation and phrasing in European Portuguese (by Frota, Sonia); 20. A preliminary study of wh-questions in German and Spanish child language (by Lleo, Conxita); 21. Assessment of Spanish prosody in clinical populations: The case of Williams syndrome (by Martinez-Castilla, Pastora); 22. Intonation and grammar in the visual-gestural modality: A case study on conditionals in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) (by Quer, Josep); 23. Index
