Effects of Pitch Accent Position, Type, and Status on Focus Projection
Effects of Pitch Accent Position, Type, and Status on Focus Projection
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音高重音位置、类型和状态对焦点投影的影响
DOI：
10.1177/00238309030460010401
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Pauline Welby
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作者：
Pauline Welby
本文研究了两种理论对音高重音和焦点之间关系的预测。所提供的经验证据表明，听众对可能影响音高重音的焦点投射能力的多种因素很敏感，即一个单词上的音高重音将焦点标记到更大的成分上的能力。研究结果表明，听众对焦点结构的解释对焦点成分上是否存在音调重音以及后续未聚焦材料的音调减弱（音高重音位置）最为敏感。初步证据表明，音高重音的状态（核重音或前核重音）也可能会影响听众的解释，尽管影响程度小于重音位置。最后，结果表明，焦点投影受音高重音类型的影响（至少对于比较的两种重音类型（H * 与 L + H *））影响很小（如果有的话）。
This paper examines predictions made by two theories of the relationship between pitch accent and focus. The empirical evidence presented suggests that listeners are sensitive to a variety of factors that may affect the focus projection ability of pitch accents, that is the ability of a pitch accent on one word to mark focus on a larger constituent. The findings suggest that listeners' interpretation of focus structure is most sensitive to the presence or absence of a pitch accent on a focused constituent and the deaccenting of following unfocused material (pitch accent position). Preliminary evidence su ggests that the status of a pitch accent as nuclear or prenuclear may also affect listeners' interpretations, though to a lesser extent than accent position. Finally, the results show that focus projection is affected only minimally, if at all, by the type of pitch accent (at least for the two accent types compared (H * vs. L + H *)).