Intonation and word order in majority English and heritage Russian across speaker populations

该项目调查了非规范语调与句法(即语序)和信息结构(即焦点、给予度)的关系，重点研究了俄语作为遗产语言和英语作为美国主要语言的语言接触。该项目考察了传统语者的两种语言，并将它们与单语母语者进行了比较，采用了一种新的方法来研究遗产语言中的语调。此外，它还研究了正式和非正式言语中的语调，因为对单语言语的研究表明，语域与语音相关。这些需要与语调的语法方面区分开来。最后，将对不同年龄段的语调进行研究，从而解决语调差异在一生中(部分)有多稳定的问题。按照RUEG的总体方法，该项目调查了三个合资企业(简称“JV”)中的非规范韵律：解决新语调模式的系统性(JVI：“语言变化假说”)，它们在内部(句法)和外部(信息结构)界面上的出现(JVII：“界面假说”)，并通过进一步比较英俄接触以外的情况，探讨它们的接触--语言迁移或总体接触引起的变化与语言--内部动态或一般发展的关系(JVIII：“内部动力学假说”)。

The project investigates non-canonical intonation in its relation to syntax (i.e. word order) and information structure (i.e. focus, givenness), focusing on the language contact involving Russian as heritage language and English as majority language in the U.S. The project looks at the two languages of heritage speakers and compares them to monolingual native speakers, adopting a new approach in research on intonation in heritage languages. What is more, it investigates intonation in formal vs. informal speech because research on monolingual speech has shown that there are phonetic correlates of register. These need to be differentiated from grammatical aspects of intonation. Finally, intonation will be investigated for different age groups, thereby addressing the question of how stable intonational differences are over (part of) the life span. In line with RUEG’s overarching approach, the project investigates non-canonical prosody in three Joint Ventures (short: “JV”): addressing the systematicity of new intonational patterns (JVI: “Language Change Hypothesis”), their occurrence at internal (syntax) versus external (information structure) interfaces (JVII: “Interface Hypothesis”), and, by including further comparisons beyond English-Russian contact, their contact-linguistic source in transfer or general contact-induced change versus language-internal dynamics or general developments (JVIII: “Internal Dynamics Hypothesis”).