The prosodic structure and pitch accent of Northern Kyungsang Korean
The prosodic structure and pitch accent of Northern Kyungsang Korean
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庆尚北道朝鲜语的韵律结构和音调重音
DOI:
10.1007/s10831-006-9000-2
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发表时间:
2006
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0.5
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Sun
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作者:
Jongho Jun;J. Kim;Hayoung Lee;Sun
This study investigates the underlying tonal pattern of pitch accent, tone interaction, focus effects, and the prosodic structure of Northern Kyungsang Korean (NKK) by examining tone-syllable alignment and the realization of pitch accent in different tonal/prosodic contexts. Based on quantitative data, we propose that the underlying tone of pitch accent is H*+L and that the left edge of a prosodic word is marked by a low boundary tone (L). Our observation, with respect to the tone interaction of different lexical classes, shows evidence in favor of the downstep/ upstep account [Kenstowicz & Sohn (1997) Focus and phrasing in Northern Kyungsang Korean. In P.-M. Bertinetto (Ed.),Certamen PhonologicumIII, (pp. 137 -- 156). Torino: Rosenberg and Sellier. (Also inMIT Working Papers in Linguistics, 30, 25 -- 47, 1997)], as opposed to the H-tone deletion account (e.g., G. Kim (1988)The Pitch-accent System of the Taegu Dialect of Korean with Emphasis on Tone Sandhi at the Phrasal Level, PhD dissertation, University of Hawaii.). The data also indicate that surface representations of NKK are sparsely specified for tone. Most importantly, we found that the prosodic cue of focus differs depending on the location of the pitch accent within a prosodic word. We conclude that the prosodic goal of focus in NKK is in the pitch range expansion of thefocused phrase, which is implemented by expanding the pitch range of the most prominent word within the phrase, regardless of whether it is the focused word or not.