Prosody and Language in Contact
Prosody and Language in Contact
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韵律与语言的联系
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-662-45168-7_9
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2015
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Mennen I
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作者:
Mennen I
This chapter presents a working model of L2 intonation learning, the L2 Intonation Learning theory (LILt), which ultimately aims to account for the difficulties that L2 learners encounter in producing L2 intonation. The model works on the premise that cross-language differences in intonation can occur along four intonation dimensions, and that this, along with some general assumptions and hypotheses on L2 intonation learning, can predict where L2 deviation is likely to occur. The four dimensions LILt recognizes are (i) the systemic dimension, which refers to the inventory and distribution of structural phonological elements; (ii) the realizational dimension, which refers to the way the systemic elements are phonetically implemented; (iii) the semantic dimension, which refers to how systemic elements are used to signal intonation function and (iv) the frequency dimension, which refers to the frequency of use of the structural elements. The existing evidence for the occurrence of L2 intonation deviation in each of these dimensions is examined, and some generalizations and hypotheses derived from research on L2 intonation are presented. These generalizations and hypotheses will allow for future testing of this theoretical model.